Calcium Plays a Key Role in Diabetes Treatment

Mon, 03 Oct 2011
Diabetes treatment in the future could be tailored towards the specifics of each individual's heart and coronary artery.

University of California doctors discovered that calcium plays a crucial role as an indicator of heart attacks and strokes in diabetic patients and those with metabolic syndrome.

Diabetics with a high concentration of the metal in their heart tissue demonstrated a higher likelihood of having a heart attack or stroke, whilst diabetes sufferers who showed low calcium concentrations had a similar risk to that of a healthy person.

The findings relating to those with significantly high levels of coronary calcium or carotid wall thickness show that they ought to receive more aggressive monitoring and treatment for any related factors.

British Heart Foundation's latest figures highlight that 11 per cent of men and 15 per cent of women die in the 30 days post heart attack, with 49,000 people having died from a stroke in the UK during 2010.

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