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. Until today’s release of a…

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 criteria are devised and a…

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 a group of drugs known as…

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 21% of the oral medications…