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Don't Stop Taking Aspirin Before Heart Surgery

Posted: Friday, September 09, 2005

The in-hospital mortality for the aspirin group (1.7 percent) was significantly less than that for those not receiving aspirin (4.4 percent), and there was no increased risk of reoperation for excessive internal bleeding.

Statin Does Not Prevent Cardiac Events in Seriously Ill Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2005

The investigators speculate that this may be too late in the disease course for therapy to be beneficial.

Aspirin Under-Prescribed to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke

Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005

No other medication is as cost-effective as aspirin for preventing cardiovascular events. However, it must be understood that low-dose aspirin is not completely harmless, as "low-dose" may imply

Free Diabetes Drugs Could Save U.S. Money

Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005

No-cost ACE inhibitors would keep diabetics out of the hospital, and save Medicare $1,606 over each person's life experts say.

Metaglidasen Controls Diabetes and Lipids Without Side Effects

Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2005

The diabetes drug metaglidasen was shown to control blood glucose levels without causing weight gain or edema, according to a mid-stage clinical trial.

Soluble Fiber Effective and Safe Additive for lowering LDL Cholesterol

Posted: Monday, June 20, 2005

Psyllium is a safe, effective, and well-tolerated add-on therapy for elevated cholesterol. "Soluble fiber supplements are recommended to reduce levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

Statins Urged for Diabetic Patients

Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2005

People with diabetes require intensive statin therapy even if their levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is within the normal range.

FDA OKs Lilly-Amylin Drug Byetta for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, May 05, 2005

A drug derived from lizard saliva has been approved by U.S. regulators to treat diabetes in patients who have not responded to other treatments,The FDA did not approve the drug as a stand-alone treatment.

Drug to Fight Cholesterol Is Promising in High Doses

Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005

New strategy of higher doses of statins works to reduce LDL cholesterol and risks of strokes and heart attacks.

Although some patients developed liver problems that forced them to stop taking the medication, the researchers said, the benefits of the treatment outweighed the risks. But the researchers said more study was needed to establish its safety.

Meridia Aids Weight Loss And Diabetes Control

Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005

Participants given sibutramine had significantly greater decreases in body weight and waist circumference than those in the placebo group, the team reports in the medical journal Diabetes Care. Fasting blood glucose levels, as well as HbA1c -- a measure of long-term glucose control -- were also significantly decreased with sibutramine treatment.