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Meg Farris talks about a new diabetes study.

Meg Farris , WWL 5:32 PM. CST March 02, 2017

NEW ORLEANS - Diabetes,or high blood sugar,causes damage to the blood vessels over time, and that can lead to heart attacks and strokes.

A study in Metairie,funded by the National Institutes of Health, is looking into a different way of preventing heart attacks in people with type-2 diabetes.

Alfred Gagliano or 'Gags' as he is called, found out he was moving toward having type-2 diabetes.

"I did have some studies. Doctor did some blood tests and saidI was close. Had to watch the sweets, whichI do," said Gagliano, who has pre-diabetes.

He is getting his blood sugar levels under control with medication and exercise.

"I ride a bike.I walk.I like to shop, soI walk around the mall a few timeseveryday," saidGagliano.

That's important, because diabetes puts you at high risk for having heart attacks and strokes. The National Institutes of Heath is funding a study to see if chelation can lower a diabetic's risk. Chelation is an IVtreatment that helps flush the body of heavy metals that are toxic.

"Not everybody in the environment obviously has toxicity,but we all have a certain amount of heavy metals just from living in an industrialized society," explained Dr. Robert Jeanfreau, an internist withMedPharmics.

A study 15 years ago, found that people with type-2 diabetes who had had a heart attack and got chelation, were less likely to have future attacks.

"What they found was there was about a 43 percent reduction in second cardiovascular events," said Dr. Jeanfreau.

A free national study going on in Metairie, is looking to see if 40IV chelation treatments, will keep diabetics who have had a heart attack, from having another one. Study participants will come in once a week and relax while getting a three-hour infusion. Gags has never had a heart attack so he doesn't qualify for the study, but hopes it will help others.

"I've known some people that have had full blown diabetes andI had a friend, a couple of friends, that have died from it," said Gagliano.

Doctors are looking for people with type-2 diabetes, 50 and older, who have had a heart attack in the past. To see if you qualify for this free study call MedPharmics at 504-457-2721.

( 2017 WWL)

Link:
Local study seeks to prevent heart attacks in Type-2 diabetes patients - WWLTV.com

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