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Numbers Show Elevated Blood Sugar A Problem For Non-Diabetics

  • September 21, 2004

Two new studies offer compelling evidence elevated blood sugar increases the risk of heart disease, not only in people with diabetes, but also in non-diabetic patients with high-normal readings. The problem has to do with the blood sugar itself -- independent of other problems that often go along with it, like high blood pressure and cholesterol. Before the studies, diabetes was already known to be bad for the heart: Diabetes doubles the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease...