You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank.

Traditionally, diabetes treatment has (1) …………………. on regulating the blood sugar levels by careful control of diet or through insulin injections. But researchers have come to understand that control sugar really (2) ……………… only against the (3) ……………………. of small blood vessels, which can lead to the blindness or loss of fingers, toes or limbs. Heart disease is, in fact, the more serious ( 4) ………………. . Up to 80 percent of the diabetes patients will develop heart problems or die of them, the article said. And Dr. Vijan (5) ………………………… that controlling hypertension remained the highest priority. He ranked control of (6)………………… lipids, the fats in the blood stream that can affect (7) ……………………………coronary health, second, ahead of glucose regulation.

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