Researchers Discover Root Cause of Blood Vessel Damage in Di

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DiabetesCare.Net - Researchers Discover Root Cause of Blood Vessel Damage in Diabetes

Researchers Discover Root Cause of Blood Vessel Damage in Diabetes
A key mechanism that appears to contribute to blood vessel damage in people with diabetes has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Blood vessel problems are a common diabetes complication. Many of the nearly 26 million Americans with the disease face the prospect of amputations, heart attack, stroke and vision loss because of damaged vessels.

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http://www.sciencecodex.com/researchers ... n_diabetes
 
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Re: Researchers Discover Root Cause of Blood Vessel Damage i

Yes that may be true or it could just be that uncontrolled bg levels and high bg spikes are responsible for the "Root Cause of Blood Vessel Damage in Diabetes"

But I'm not a scientist blinkered by statistics am I so I must be wrong :D
 
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Re: Researchers Discover Root Cause of Blood Vessel Damage i

Very interesting phraedus.

I've kind of always thought that sugar alone couldn't be the reason for blood vessel damage.

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