July 8, 2008 – 4:24 pm | One Comment

In a move sure to stir controversy, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended on Monday that a more aggressive approach to treating high cholesterol in children should be implemented, even if it means prescribing …

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Women’s Fracture Risk Doubles with Avandia, Actos
December 10, 2008 – 11:23 pm | No Comment

It has been well understood that women with type 2 diabetes who take Avandia or Actos to control the disease are at a higher risk of bone fractures than diabetic men taking the same medications. …

Growing List of Experts Calls for ‘Real World’ Drug Studies
November 25, 2008 – 5:27 am | No Comment

Before a new drug can gain approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), clinical studies must be conducted that document the drug’s safety and effectiveness.  To do so, a very exacting set of …

Diabetes Drugs Double Risk of Heart Failure
September 3, 2008 – 5:33 am | 3 Comments

Two drugs frequently prescribed to diabetics to aggressively lower blood sugar – pioglitazone and rosiglitazone – have been found to increase significantly the risk of developing heart failure. The two medications, which belong to …

Some Diabetes Drugs May Negatively Affect The Bones
April 30, 2008 – 6:54 am | No Comment

A class of popular diabetes drugs has been found to be associated with an increased risk of fractures of the hip and wrist in insulin-resistant patients.  The class of drug, insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinediones, makes up about …