2nd Study Confirms Blood Sugar Goals

Pushing blood sugar below current goals does not help the heart for diabetics, a study has found. The study is from Australia. One group got standard treatment. The other took extra medicine to lower blood sugar more. There was no difference between the groups in heart attacks, strokes or heart-related deaths. But the group with lower blood sugar had one-fifth fewer cases of kidney disease. In February, a U.S. study reported more deaths in people who were treated to push blood sugar below current goals. The Associated Press wrote about the new study June 9. It was published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.