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Both Diabetes TZD Drugs 'Pose Heart Risk'

Posted: Friday, August 03, 2007

Rosiglitazone and pioglitazone, both drugs commonly prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes double the risk of heart failure, a study of data on more than 78,000 patients suggests.

Patient Compliance Improves Through 'Motivational Interviewing

Posted: Friday, August 03, 2007

Patients often resist the advice of health care providers and thus neglect what is in their best interests. But research found that exploring a patient's motivation for resistance, through a process call motivational interviewing, can greatly increase compliance.

FDA To Ask If Avandia Should Stay In The Market

Posted: Friday, August 03, 2007

The FDA will ask outside advisers if GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia should stay on the market or be subject to new warnings or limits.

Higher Cancer Prevalence Seen Among Diabetics Taking Thiazolidinediones

Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2007

Patients with diabetes, especially women, who take thiazolidinediones (TZDs) may have a 59% increased risk of developing cancer, according to a new report.

Heart Care Below Par in Older Diabetics: Study

Posted: Thursday, July 19, 2007

A low proportion of elderly individuals newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes receive heart-protecting drugs like aspirin, blood pressure-lowering drugs and cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a new study.

Antihypertensive Medication Slows Atherosclerosis in Diabetes Patients

Posted: Thursday, July 19, 2007

Treating hypertension aggressively in people with diabetes becomes even more important. The higher the systolic blood pressure the greater the rate of progression in the carotid intimamedia thickness (CIMT)

Diabetes Associated With Increased Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risk

Posted: Thursday, July 19, 2007

Patients with diabetes appear to be at a 3- to 4-fold increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) compared with patients without diabetes.

Risk of Stroke is High Within 5 Yrs. of Treatment of Diabetes

Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2007

Risk of stroke is high within 5 years of treatment for type 2 diabetes and more than double that for the general population. More Reason to recommend an aspirin a day.

Impaired Fasting Glucose Increases Risk Factors for CVD Mortality

Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2007

New studies are showing that we must treat impaired fasting glucose more aggressively.

Markers of "Prediabetes" Independently Raises Mortality Risk 60%

Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2007

Markers of impaired glucose metabolism in nondiabetics were independently related to increased risks of all-cause and cardiovascular death in a large population-based study.