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    BLOOD GLUCOSE TARGETS WHAT’S IN A NUMBER?

    Oct 13, 2018 4 minutes
    By Robert S. Dinsmoor

    In 1993, the landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) showed definitively that those patients with Type 1 diabetes who practiced intensive blood glucose control had a significantly smaller risk of developing the microvascular complications of diabetes – diabetic retinopathy (eye disease), diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease) and diabetic neuropathy (nerve disease). However, growing evidence over the past decade shows that risks are associated with intensive blood glucose control and thus it might not be for everyone. Here’s what the research shows.

    Tools for managing diabetes

    Many different tools can help achieve good blood glucose control. Frequent blood glucose

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