Lower blood pressure for diabetic patients can reduce cardiovascular disease

People with type 2 diabetes had significantly fewer heart attacks, strokes, heart failures, and deaths from cardiovascular disease when their blood pressure was lower than the current standard goal, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher and his colleagues found. The research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, offers evidence for developing new clinical guidelines for improving cardiovascular health in this growing population.

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