The Life-Threatening Link between Diabetes and Heart Disease

For Your SweetHeart campaign™ raising awareness of the critical link between type 2 diabetes and heart disease



Cardiovascular disease (which includes heart disease and other problems with the heart and blood vessels like heart attacks and strokes) causes approximately two-thirds of deaths in people with type 2 diabetes, making it the number one cause of death. But the good news is, the sooner people understand their risk, the sooner they can talk to their healthcare provider to learn more about the link between type 2 diabetes and potentially life-threatening heart attacks, strokes or even death.
To help raise awareness of this critical issue, Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly have teamed up with Medical Director of Clinical Transformation at the Providence Heart and Vascular Institute in Portland, Oregon, Dr. Ty J. Gluckman, More.

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