An important study suggests that aggressively treating cholesterol levels and blood pressure improves the cardiovascular health of diabetics. As usual, the study, which appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is not conclusive. But it's full of implications for people living with Type 2 diabetes.
What implications, you ask?
Three Things You Need to Know
1. Essentially, the study compared two groups of adults with Type 2, with one group having aggressive treatment:...
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