Is there actually a proven benefit of intensive blood glucose control in patients who have diabetes, and if there is what actually is that benefit? In this 8-minute podcast, Drs. Jack Leahy and Doron Schneider answer this question based on data from The Diabetes Control and Complications study.

Drs. Jack Leahy and Doron Schneider discuss what The Diabetes Control and Complications study discovered about weight issues and patients with diabetes. "It’s really emerged years after the trial to recognize this is a major risk of people who are on intensive insulin therapy if they have the genetic predisposition to be at risk for that."

Listen to the The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial: Weight Effects podcast and read the transcript here.