Death rates after first heart attack have gone down for those without diabetes or with type 2 diabetes, but not type 1

New research to be presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany (2–6 October) shows that following a heart attack, there have been falls in the death rates of both people without diabetes and those with type 2 diabetes, but not those with type 1 diabetes. The study is by Dr. Linn Glynn, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues.