Intensive Diabetic Control = Reduced Kidney Damage
Intensive lowering of blood HbA1c levels to 6.5 percent can safely and effectively reduce serious diabetes complications like nephropathy, says senior
consultant endocrinologist Professor Chan
Siew Pheng.
Professor Chan was principal investigator of the
ADVANCE (Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified Release
Controlled Evaluation Trial) team at the University of Malaya
Medical Centre, one of the [...]
Diabetes Worldwide
Diabetes. A shortened version of the illness Diabetes Mellitus. A condition where there is an excess of glucose in the blood, due primarily either to the body being unable to produce enough insulin to manage this glucose or the inability of the body to utilise this insulin.
This illness is so common. The [...]
