High Blood Glucose Responsible For Over 3 Million Deaths Worldwide
14th Nov 2006, 21:36 GMT
In addition to almost one million diabetes deaths, high blood glucose is responsible for 2.2 million cardiovascular* deaths worldwide, according to an Article in this week's issue of The Lancet. The findings mean that one in five deaths from ischaemic heart disease** and one in eight from stroke worldwide are attributable to higher-than-optimum blood glucose. [click link for full article]
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