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Article: Study: Heart disease risk factors critical for diabetics; People with juvenile diabetes are urged to not smoke and to watch their weight and blood pressure
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- January 27, 2005
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For decades, people with so-called juvenile diabetes have been
told that controlling their blood sugar was all they could do to
prevent nerve damage that can lead to the amputation of a foot or
leg.
But a large new British study suggests they should follow the same
advice given to other diabetics: Don't smoke, and watch your weight
and blood pressure.
These heart disease risk factors were almost as important as blood-
sugar levels in predicting which diabetics would develop nerve
problems.
In light of the findings, diabetes experts said cholesterol-
lowering statin drugs and other heart disease treatments should be
studied to see if they can help stave off or slow the progression of
nerve ...