doctor about what is right for them,” she advised.
Dr. Gerald Bernstein is program coordinator at Lenox Hill Hospital’s Diabetes Institute, in New York City. He pointed out — as did the study authors — that widespread use of blood pressure and cholesterol medications may have affected the potential benefits from lowering blood sugar. He said this study’s findings shouldn’t change current blood sugar management.
“The upshot is, control of blood glucose is better than not,” Bernstein said.
More information
Learn more about managing type 2 diabetes from the American Diabetes Association.
SOURCES: Peter Reaven, M.D., staff physician, Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System, and University of Arizona; Kasia Lipska, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.; Gerald Bernstein, M.D., program coordinator, Friedman Diabetes Institute, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; June 6, 2019, New England Journal of Medicine
