Aggressive Control of Diabetes Reviewed A report in the medical
journal Diabetes Care says that people with type 2 diabetes who
have more difficulty lowering their blood sugar levels are at
greater risk for death than those who are better able maintain
lower levels. The new report looked at an earlier clinical trial
halted in 2008 after researchers noticed an increase in deaths
in the group of people with type 2 diabetes. This group was
being intensively treated to bring their blood sugar levels down
to near-normal levels. Dr. Matthew Riddle, a professor at Oregon
Health and Science University and lead author of the new study,
says a new look at the data from that study has found that a
rapid lowering of blood sugar (glucose) levels was not the cause
of the increased risk of death. Some deaths in the earlier
ACCORD study (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes)
can be attributed to the fact that some of the participants had
been diagnosed with diabetes years earlier and were already
suffering from