New Diabetes Drug Shows Few Heart Risks
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Class of Drugs Linked to Higher Heart Risk in Older Diabetics
health.yahoo.net — “SATURDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that older people with type 2 diabetes who take drugs known as sulfonylureas to lower their blood sugar levels may face a higher risk for heart problems than their counterparts who take metformin.” View full resource at health.yahoo.net
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Class of Drugs Linked to Higher Heart Risk in Older Diabetics - Drugs.com MedNews
drugs.com — “New research shows that older people with type 2 diabetes who take drugs known as sulfonylureas to lower their blood sugar levels may face a higher risk for hea” View full resource at drugs.com
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drugs.com — “New research shows that older people with type 2 diabetes who take drugs known as sulfonylureas to lower their blood sugar levels may face a higher risk for hea” View full resource at drugs.com
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Class of Drugs Linked to Higher Heart Risk in Older Diabetics - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com — “Read 'Class of Drugs Linked to Higher Heart Risk in Older Diabetics' on Yahoo! News. SATURDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that older people with type 2 diabetes who take drugs known as sulfonylureas to lower their blood sugar levels may face a higher risk for heart problems than their counterparts who take metformin.” View full resource at news.yahoo.com
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Diet and exercise better than drugs for reducing heart risks in diabetics
diabetes.co.uk — “With many diabetics successfully keep their blood sugar levels down through various medications, a new study has revealed that pills aren’t as beneficial as diet and exercise for combating heart disease, the biggest cause of death related to diabetes . One of the four new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that relying on drugs such as antihypertensives to lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes doesn’t lower a diabetic's risk of heart complications, ” View full resource at diabetes.co.uk
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Anemic diabetics may have higher risk of heart complications
endocrineweb.com — “Individuals with untreated type 1 or type 2 diabetes may be at an increased risk of becoming anemic.” View full resource at endocrineweb.com
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Diabetic Girls May Have Heart Risk Factors - Drugs.com MedNews
drugs.com — “New research finds that girls and young women with type 1 diabetes show signs of risk factors for cardiovascular disease at an early age. The findings don t def” View full resource at drugs.com
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Avandia Study Spurs New Heart Risk Debate
diabetes.webmd.com — “A company-sponsored clinical trial shows that the diabetes drug Avandia causes no more heart deaths than standard treatment -- but critics say the study's flawed.” View full resource at diabetes.webmd.com
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Obese teens show risk factors for heart disease and type 2 diabetes
endocrineweb.com — “Childhood obesity is becoming increasingly common in the U.S. Now, a new study has found that the condition may be putting millions of teenagers at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, and that a poor diet is largely to blame.Just a few years ago, type 2 diabetes was almost unheard of among teenagers.” View full resource at endocrineweb.com
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Small Increase in Diabetes Risk Noted in Statin Patients:
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Class of Drugs Linked to Higher Heart Risk in Older Diabetics - iVillage
ivillage.com — “SATURDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that older people with type 2 diabetes who take drugs known as sulfonylureas to lower their blood sugar levels may face a higher risk for heart problems than their counterparts who take metformi” View full resource at ivillage.com
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Breastfeeding may curb heart, diabetes risk - Women's health- msnbc.com
msnbc.msn.com — “Mothers who breastfeed seem to have a lower long-term risk of developing a collection of risk factors for diabetes and heart disease than women who bottle-feed, a new study suggests.” View full resource at msnbc.msn.com
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Small Increase in Diabetes Risk Noted in Statin Patients - Drugs.com MedNews
drugs.com — “The use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs increases the chance of developing diabetes by 9 percent, but the absolute risk is low, especially when compared wi” View full resource at drugs.com
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Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Have Heart Risk Factors - Drugs.com MedNews
drugs.com — “Nearly half of all American adults have either high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes, each a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke and other c” View full resource at drugs.com
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BARI-2D: PCI, CABG, drugs equal in diabetics
theheart.org — “Overall rates of major CV events also were no different between revascularization and medical therapy, although CABG alonebut not PCIwas associated with a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular events, particularly nonfatal MI, compared with medical therapy, investigators note.” View full resource at theheart.org
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