A series of new studies have brought forth bad news for the
estimated 21 million Americans who suffer from Type 2 diabetes.
Doctors were desperately trying to find different kinds of
diabetes treatments, but these studies have shown that not only
are their efforts in vain, but they could actually be harmful to
their patients.Those who suffer from Type 2 diabetes have
abnormally high blood sugar levels, because their body resists
the hormone insulin. However, it is heart disease that takes the
lives of many sufferers. Two years ago, a study by the Irving
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Colombia
University, discovered that controlling blood sugar levels did
not prevent heart disease, thus being an ineffective type of
treatment for diabetes. Other factors, such as decreasing the
patients blood pressure, were considered as alternative forms of
diabetes treatment.However, while experts like Dr. William C.
Cushman of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis
praised the logic, a study publ