Vanderbilt researchers say insulin medication, used by diabetics, may actually reverse damage to the heart and arteries. As many as 25 percent of the population in the U.S. have diabetes or is at a very high risk of getting the disease. Nine out of ten diabetics have an additional problem – a strong potential for heart attacks and strokes.

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center researcher in Nashville, Tennessee, says he has discovered that insulin medication that controls blood glucose, appears to completely reverse damaged arteries. Barb Cramer has the story in this Vanderbilt Medical Center video news release.