Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 24th, 2005
"Diabetes mellitus is a chronic progressive disease that results in microvascular and macrovascular complications. Diabetes is a significant independent risk factor for heart failure, and there are a substantial number of patients with diabetes and heart failure. Neurohormonal activation plays an important pathophysiologic role in insulin resistance, diabetes, cardiovascular events, and progression of heart failure," a scientist in the United States reports.
"Pharmacologic intervention in these neurohormonal systems...
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