30-year study shows benefits of glucose control
Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 12:07
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- A large-scale, 30-year study by Oxford University has shown improved blood glucose control in type 2 diabetes leads to greater benefits in the longer term. The findings, to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show the need to treat blood glucose levels more intensively from the time type 2 diabetes is diagnosed.
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