Prescott A et al. – This small study suggests that intervention in only those patients with the highest cardiovascular risk brings little reduction in population cardiovascular risk and associated health costs. Multi–factorial intervention in all patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), regardless of baseline values, is likely to bring greater reductions. This raises the question as to whether the current emphasis on treatment to target should be modified to encourage multi–factorial intervention in all patients with T2DM, even those with baseline values below target levels. [more...]