From the NDIC: Diabetes Research and News

From the NDIC: Diabetes Research and News

From the NDIC: Diabetes Research and News

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) sent this bulletin at 09/26/2013 03:05 PM EDT September 2013

NIH-funded Study Finding: Lifestyle Intervention Does Not Lower Heart Disease Risk from Type 2 Diabetes
The Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study found that an intensive diet and exercise program resulting in weight loss does not reduce cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in people with longstanding type 2 diabetes.

NIH-funded Study Finding: CABG Has Advantages over PCI in Adults with Diabetes and Multivessel Coronary Heart Disease
Adults with diabetes and multivessel coronary heart disease who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery had fewer adverse events and better survival rates than those who received percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluding stents.

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