Physicians implore diabetes patients to monitor their blood concentrations of glucose and keep them in check. A new study suggests that exceptionally strict glucose control can have long-term benefits by helping patients avoid heart disease, the leading complication of diabetes.
Between 1983 and 1993, researchers tracked 1,441 people with type I, or juvenile-onset, diabetes.
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