The American Diabetes Association has published new guidelines for the prevention and treatment of diabetes. For many patients, this could mean taking additional medication. csloantv reports.
A chronic and expensive condition, diabetes affects millions of Americans. In the U.S. alone, more than 37 million people live with the disease. Another 96 million are pre-diabetic.92-year-old on Long Island is one of the oldest living Americans with Type 1 diabetes:"She really is a miracle"
"The goal of adding on new medications or additional medications is to try to get those risk factors under tighter control, and the long term effects are going to be a better health for the patients," said Dr. Nidhi Kumar, a cardiovascular disease specialist."Many of these guidelines will be difficult to be met without the use of drugs," Kumar said."For example, achieving an LDL cholesterol of 55 on your own will not be possible for the overwhelming majority of people.
"Look at your nutrition. Look at your sleep. Look at your exercise, your physical activity, because the better that you can do in all of those aspects of your life, the healthier you are going to be. The less medication you'll need," Kumar said.
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