Statement
from Dr. Claude Lenfant, Director, National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute, and Dr. Phillip Gorden, Director,
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases, National Institutes of Health [1 Sep 1999] |
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI) and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) have collaborated with three leading private
health organizations on a major public health statement
to alert physicians, patients, and the general public to
the increasing significance of diabetes mellitus as a
major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In joining
this effort, each organization reaffirms its commitment
to better understand the causes and unique factors that
contribute to excess risk of premature CVD in persons
with diabetes, and to develop and implement improved
treatments to reduce these complications.
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