Diabetics who lower their blood sugar gain an increased risk of heart disease

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For years, people thought that if diabetics could lower their blood sugar to non-diabetic levels, their increased risk of heart disease would go away. Not so! A U.S. federal study on patients with type II diabetes shows that, in diabetics, a low blood sugar level leads to increased risk of heart attack. The study, which has been in the works since the 1990s, has been halted.

It is still believed to be true that a low blood sugar level reduces the risk of kidney damage, blindness and amputations

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