Intensive Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes May Be Fatal
by Kevin Flatt
Filed under Diabetes
Intensively targeting blood sugar to near-normal levels in adults with type 2 diabetes at especially high risk for heart attack and stroke does not significantly reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events, such as fatal or nonfatal heart attacks or stroke, but increases risk of death, compared to standard treatment.
Researchers from the ACCORD (Action to [...]
