Group Issues New Guidance Saying Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Can Relax Their Blood Sugar Control.

reports the American College of Physicians issued new guidance yesterday recommending people with type 2 diabetes can relax their blood sugar control, suggesting the current standard is causing too much harm without enough benefit. However, the American Diabetes Association “said it disagrees with the new recommendation from the American College of Physicians and would not change its advice that” patients with type 2 diabetes “pursue tighter blood glucose control.” The physicians group reviews research on the subject and “said the harms include hypoglycemic events,’ commonly known as low blood sugar, which, in the short term, can cause people with diabetes to feel woozy, lose track of their surroundings or lose consciousness.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/