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Article: BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS AND KIDNEY FAILURE
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 30, 1994
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Kidney failure is one of the most damaging complications of
diabetes. But now a study byUniversity of Minnesota researchers
suggests that tightly controlling blood sugar levels helps prevent
the start of kidney failure in those at greatest risk for this
serious complication.
The five-year study included 99 people who had such severe
diabetes-related kidney disease that they required a kidney
transplant. At the time of their surgery, participants were randomly
assigned to one of two groups.
In one group, participants closely monitored their blood sugar
levels by testing it four to six times a day. Adjustments in diet
and insulin injections were then made accordingly. Participants in ...