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Article: Diabetes guidelines need revision.(Glucose Levels)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
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Doctors with diabetic patients should aim for much lower levels of blood glucose than current guidelines suggest, advises a physician with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, La. He believes the current recommendations for blood sugar levels are not low enough to avoid heart disease, a major complication of diabetes.
William Cefalu maintains that, if the medical community believes long-term control of blood sugar levels can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, then "a reassessment of our clinical goals may be in order." His work shows that more aggressive control of blood sugar levels, by use of a more intensive insulin regimen, appears ...