Hyperglycemia: New mechanism underlying cardiovascular disease described
Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 08:28
in Health & Medicine
Hyperglycemia starts a complex chain of events that damages blood vessels and cause cardiovascular disease. Scientists have now been able to demonstrate why this happens, as well as how the destructive chain can be broken. This discovery represents a crucial step towards an efficient treatment of the vascular injuries that will be the cause of death for most diabetes patients.