We previously reported that a median of 5.6 years of intensive as compared with standard glucose lowering in 1791 military veterans with type 2 diabetes resulted in a risk of major cardiovascular ...

Scientists from the Joslin Diabetes Center are wondering if the benefits of intensive glycemic control for people with type 2 diabetes outweighs the risks, as opposed to a standard approach to ...

Intensive insulin therapy is extensively used to lower blood glucose concentrations in critically ill patients hospitalized within the intensive care unit. The discovery by the NICE-SUGAR study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recent findings from the ACCORD trial demonstrated that intensive glucose control to target 6% increased the ...

We randomly assigned 11,140 patients with type 2 diabetes to undergo either standard glucose control or intensive glucose control, defined as the use of gliclazide (modified release) plus other drugs ...

"Clinicians, diabetes specialists, and the patients whom they look after urgently need guidance as to the level of glycemic control that we can safely aim for," Dr Simon Heller (University of ...

Intensive glucose control has been suggested for critically ill patients to improve outcomes. Two recent reports, a systematic review and a new randomized trial, found this treatment was associated ...

Intensive early control of glucose levels in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) reduces the long-term risks of developing an impaired glomerular filtration rate (GFR), according to new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low blood glucose levels do not explain the excess mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes in the ACCORD ...

Two studies provide additional support for lowering systolic blood pressure to an intensive goal of 120 mmHg – far below the standard guidelines of 140 mmHg – to reduce the risk of heart disease in ...

A new study published in *The Lancet* last week noted that for people diagnosed with high blood pressure, intensive blood pressure control (defined as using medication and lifestyle changes to lower a ...

Hyperglycemia is a common event in critically ill patients; therefore, careful control of blood sugar would seem to be a beneficial strategy. Prior reports have yielded conflicting results. This large ...