Drugs can work as well as surgery for diabetics: study
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 14:14
in Health & Medicine
For people with Type 2 diabetes and stable heart disease, drug treatments are equally effective as angioplasty or bypass surgery in some cases, a new study suggests.
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