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Diabetes Control and Complications Trial - an overview. The DCCT was a multicenter randomized clinical trial designed to compare intensive with conventional glucose control with respect to development and progression of early vascular and neurologic complications of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

Diabetes Control and Complications Trial - an overview

The DCCT was sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Eye Institute, and the National Center for Research Resources (National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services) and various corporate sponsors. A follow-up study of members of the DCCT cohort, the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC), was undertaken to assess the long-term effects of intensive and conventional diabetes therapy during the DCCT. Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group. The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT): design and methodologic considerations for the feasibility phase. The UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS): clinical and therapeutic implications for type 2 diabetes. The cost of treating type 2 diabetes (CODEIRE) Canagliflozin and Cardiovascular disease- results of the CANVAS trial.

Nejm. Type 1 Diabetes - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment. St. James's Hospital, Dublin. Introduction. An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) happens when your thyroid gland doesn't produce enough of the hormone thyroxine, also called T4.

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Most cases of underactive thyroid are due to either the immune system attacking the thyroid gland or a damaged thyroid. Immune system Most cases of underactive thyroid happen when the immune system, which normally fights infection, attacks the thyroid gland. Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy. American Thyroid Association.