People with type 2 diabetes and heart disease may benefit from newer therapies

[Northerner]

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects treatment options for patients who have both coronary artery disease (CAD) and T2D, according to a new American Heart Association Scientific Statement, published today in the Association's flagship journal Circulation. The scientific statement provides an overview of the latest advances for treating people who have both CAD and T2D and details the complexities of care for these conditions together.

"Recent scientific studies have shown that people with T2D may need more aggressive or different medical and surgical treatments compared to people with CAD who do not have T2D," said Suzanne V. Arnold, M.D., M.H.A., chair of the writing group for the scientific statement, associate professor of medicine at the University of Missouri Kansas City, and a cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, also in Kansas City, Missouri.

People with type 2 diabetes and heart disease may benefit from newer therapies

Coronary artery disease among people with type 2 diabetes may need to be treated more aggressively than in people with coronary artery disease who do not have diabetes. A new scientific statement summarizes the simultaneous management of both diabetes and coronary artery disease and details...

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[mikeyB]

The most interesting statement is in the last paragraph of that article. The drug free alternative. Doh!

 

[trophywench]

Well he knows that as well as you or I do - but all of us recognise that knowing summat doesn't mean 'therefore it will be done' - so he's being entirely realistic!