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According to many recently released studies, eliminating the factors that can be attributed to heart disease offers no significant benefits for diabetic patients. This is completely the opposite of the belief shared by many that lowering a diabetic patient’s blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar will decrease the patient’s risk of developing heart problems. The results of these studies show that, in fact, these treatment options may actually increase a patient’s risk of developing harmful side effects.

In one of the recently conducted studies, a group named Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes evaluated the effectiveness of using different types of drug therapies to reduce the risk of heart disease. During the course of this study, the group studies over 10,000 patients, aged 40 to 79, who were at risk of having a heart attack or stroke. This group of people was studied for a period of ten years, and during this time they were given treatments geared towards controlling blood pressure and blood sugar, as well as treating many blood lipids. After the study was concluded, the researchers determined that lowering a patient’s blood pressure and cholesterol levels had no direct impact on lowering the individual’s risk of cardiovascular disease.