A daily "polypill" for type 2 diabetics, which combines low-dose aspirin with drugs to lower cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar, could prevent 7.2 million deaths and disabilities from diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
The ADA used a mathematical model called Archimedes to determine the effects of several interventions on diabetes. The polypill, for example, could reduce the risk of heart attack among diabetics by 50 percent, kidney failure by 21 percent and blindness and eye surgery by 33 percent, the model found: http://www.mercola.com/2006/jun/27/more_conventional_medical_delusional_nonsense_about_diabetes.htm.
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