Diabetic Women Get Less Intense Treatment Of Heart Disease Than Men

Women with type 2 diabetes and heart disease have poorer control of both diseases and receive less intensive medical treatment than do men, a large new study found. The results will be presented at The Endocrine Society’s 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.The findings of the study, performed at three German universities, may indicate why death due to heart disease has decreased among diabetic men but not in women with type 2 diabetes, said the study’s primary author.

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Filed under: Diabetes on June 19th, 2008