Low Sugar Not Linked To Mental Decline In Diabetes

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Type 1 diabetes patients who maintain
"tight control" over their insulin levels, which they are encouraged
to do to reduce their risk of complications, tend to have relatively
frequent episodes of low blood sugar. These patients can now rest easy
knowing that these frequent dips in blood sugar are not associated
with a decline in mental function, according to a report in The New
England Journal of Medicine for May 3rd.

Dr. Alan M. Jacobson, from the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, and
fellow investigators said this finding, obtained from two studies that
spanned nearly two decades, should allay patient concerns about the
effect of low blood sugar, also referred to as "hypoglycemia."

The Diabetes Control and Complications trial contained 1441 type 1
diabetics between 13 and 39 years old, who were enrolled between 1983
and 1989.

Half were randomly assigned to intensive therapy, with a goal of
keeping blood sugar levels between 70 and 120 mg/dL and hemoglobin
levels below normal, but without developing severe hypoglycemia.