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People with diabetes have been urged to keep their blood sugar as close to normal as possible. Doctors believed that this would reduce the likelihood of serious complications from the disease. A new study from the Veterans Affairs Health Centers throws this assumption into question.

As the Obama administration takes office, health care will be targeted for reform. No one knows quite what that will look like, but we get a sneak preview from the president-elect’s advisor on health care policy.

Explore the stories behind the health headlines.

Guests: John Buse, MD, PhD, Past President of the American Diabetes Association. He is Professor and Chief of Endocrinology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill.

Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, breast oncologist; Chair of the Clinical Center Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health; author of several books, including the recent Healthcare, Guaranteed: A Simple, Secure Solution for America (Public Affairs); and senior counselor at the White House Office of Management and Budget on health policy for the Obama administration. The photo is of Dr. Emanuel.

Tieraona Low Dog, MD, Director of Education for the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Clinical Lecturer for the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy