Researchers from Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, found that people with diabetes can reduce their risk for heart attacks in half, simply by taking medications designed to prevent them.
People with type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to have a heart attack or die from heart disease compared to people without diabetes.
The research results suggest that starting patients on medications that precent cardiovascular disease on diagnosis of diabetes has a substantial impact on the risk of heart attacks and premature death.
The study was presented at this September’s ‘European Society of Cardiology’ ESC Congress 2020′, having examined how these changes may have affected the risk of heart attacks and premature death in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes and no previous cardiovascular disease.
The researchers identified all patients in Denmark initiating therapy for type 2 diabetes from 1996 to 2011 — a total of 211,278 patients. Read more by clicking on the link below.