Articles about Avandia (0-50 of 106)

  • Why You Ought To Be Aware Of Bladder Cancer Symptoms
    By: MaddisonPearce | - Bladder cancer is one of the most common diseases related to Type II Diabetes. The reason being Actos, a drug for diabetes, has been found as one of the prevalent bladder cancer causes. Actos or pioglitazone is definitely an oral drug, which just lately acquired a circulation prohibition from the FDA. In 1999, this pill became popular as remedy for Type II Diabetes mellitus. It enhanced glycemic control, since the disease interferes with the natural production and use of insulin to operate blood ...
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  • Fda Allowed Five Members To Sit On Yaz Birth Control Advisory Despite Conflicts Of Interest
    By: Jami Haggerty | - In December 2011, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted 15-11 that the benefits of drospirenone-containing birth control pills, such as Yaz and Yasmin, outweigh the risks. Interestingly, though, an investigation by the http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2012/01/the_yaz_men_members_of_fda_pan034651.php [Washington Monthly __title__ ] and the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that at least four members of the committee have either done work for the drugs ...
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  • Fda Warning Prompts Depuy Orthopaedics To Halt Sale Of Custom Joint Replacements
    By: J Poole | - Los Angeles, CA, January 20, 2012 Johnson & Johnsons DePuy Orthopaedics says it will stop selling custom-fitted joint replacement devices after being warned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that the products were not in compliance with the organizations approval guidelines.

    In a letter dated December 8, the FDA said that DePuy manufactured 14 types of devices, including hip and knee replacement systems, without obtaining pre-market clearance or proper approval. De ...

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  • Nadrich & Cohen, Llp Now Investigating Pradaxa Side Effects Claims In All 50 States
    By: J Poole | - Los Angeles, CA, January 20, 2012 Prominent national law firm Nadrich & Cohen, LLP is pleased to announce that the firm is now representing individuals who believe they were injured by Pradaxa, a blood thinner used to treat patients with a heart rhythm problem known as atrial fibrillation. A recent research study has linked Pradaxa (dabigatran) to an increased risk of heart attack, angina and other serious complications in certain patients.

    Pradaxa is manufactured by German pha ...

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  • Concerns Mount Over Fda Yaz Panel Conflict Of Interest Reports
    By: J Poole | - Los Angeles, CA, January 20, 2012 In December 2011, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Panel met to discuss the safety of Yaz and other contraceptives containing the hormone drospirenone. The panel was convened after concerns were raised over the potential link between Yaz and an increased risk of blood clots in women who take the drug.

    The panel eventually voted 15-11 to allow the continued sale of Yaz, Yasmin and similar oral contraceptives, claiming that the benefit ...

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  • House Democrats Seek Congressional Hearings On Vaginal Mesh Safety
    By: J Poole | - Los Angeles, CA, January 20, 2012 Several House Democrats are asking Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to schedule a congressional hearing regarding the safety of transvaginal mesh devices manufactured by Johnson & Johnson and other companies.

    According to a Bloomberg report, U.S. Representative Henry Waxman of California is leading the hearing initiative. In a letter to Republicans, Democrats said that the hearings were necessary to determine whether ...

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  • Actos In Relation To Type 2 Diabetes
    By: Cecilia Martin | - More or less 26 million people in America are affected by diabetes excluding those who have not surfaced or are unaware that they are suffering with the disease. Type 2 Diabetes is the most common kind of diabetes, referred to before as adult-onset diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes has been common to people over the age of 45 but it has progressed and now affecting the younger generation. When symptoms of the disease appears, such as deteriorating vision, heart trouble, frequent urination, fatigue or we ...
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  • Cancer In The Bladder Associated To Actos
    By: Cecilia Martin | - Actos, a brand carried by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. for pioglitazone hydrochloride, is an insulin sensitizer for Type 2 diabetes mellitus. It was recalled in France and Germany for Actos bladder cancer. Actos, however, were allowed circulation in the US market with a label contraindication on bladder cancer or bladder tumors.

    In todays medical world, there are two recognized types of diabetes mellitus. A lack of insulin can cause a Type 1 diabetes which can be remedied by a ...

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  • 3 Medicamentos Recetados Que Causan El Aumento De Peso
    By: Isabel Linares | - Existen algunos medicamentos que causan el aumento de peso. Los medicamentos con receta se utilizan para tratar y manejar las condiciones de salud. Mientras que los medicamentos bajo receta ayudan a las personas con condiciones de salud para mantener una mejor calidad de vida, tienen diferentes niveles de efectos secundarios indeseables.

    Uno de estos efectos secundarios no deseados es el aumento de peso, que puede afectar negativamente tu salud y confianza en t mismo. Si ests a ...

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  • Actos And Bladder Cancer Have A Relationship And You Must Get Compensated If You Have Been Harmed
    By: adair sawyer | - Actos was lapped up the world over as one of the most effective medicines for diabetes mellitus type 2. There was so much hype over this drug that it became one of the 10 hottest selling drugs in the USA in 2008. 2010 saw more than 2 million people worldwide use the medicine. Then came the crashing news. A report suggested that there is positive relationship between Actos and bladder cancer. Suddenly there was a spate of Actos cancer patients popping up all over.

    Actos became popula ...

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  • Avandia: Profile Of A Potentially Dangerous Drug
    By: juddieh | -
    Avandia can also be referred to as Rosiglitazone and is a form of drug that has been designed to help with treating diabetes. It helps with lowering and balancing your sugar levels especially in those who have type 2 diabetes. This drug should be taken along with having an exercise routine in play to help control levels of your bloods sugar.

    Uses of Avandia

    This medication is classified as a diabetic medication which signifies that diabetic symptoms are going ...

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  • Actos Side Effects May Affect Millions Of Patients
    By: Andrew J Blake | - Recent studies have shown that the medication known as Actos is not without serious side effects. This drug has quickly gained popularity after it replaced Avandia, a similar product that lead to severe heart conditions. This fact makes experts fear that millions of patients could be possibly affected by the drug's side effects. Some countries even banned the distribution of the product on their territory. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about the dang ...
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  • Actions Taken To Warn Patients Regarding The Effects Actos Bladder Cancer
    By: Actos Lawsuit | - Actos, a medicine recommended normally to treat Type 2 diabetes has been linked just recently towards the growth of risks of Actos bladder cancer. This drug belongs to the similar class of drugs as Avandia that was approved by the FDA in 1999 to handle the levels of blood sugar in adults that are affected by Type 2 diabetes.

    Actos is made by Takeda Pharmaceuticals as a remedy for those with Type 2 diabetes. The drug used to be the top selling medication for Type 2 diabetes around th ...

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  • Avandia And Glaxosmithkline: The Story Of A Controversial Prescription Drug
    By: juddieh | -
    This article is brought to you by the specialist drug recall attorneys at JD Law Group. If you are a victim of a bad or recalled drug and have suffered serious side effects, you should call JD Law Group at 1-888-736-4248 for a free consultation.

    In 2007, after considerable pressure from consumer groups, the Congress mandated the disclosure of clinical trial results made by drug and device makers. By then, it was already too late for patients taking Avandia, a diabetes drug de ...

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  • Paxil Readies $3 Billion Disbursement To Settle Court Cases
    By: Josephine Osborn | - Based on an article in the Washington Post, GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) agrees to disburse $3 billion to settle US lawsuits. This amount is for the resolution of unsettled legal cases in the US, pertaining to illegal promotion of the companys prescription drugs, questionable Medicaid rebates, and issues surrounding Avandia, the popular diabetes drug that has been shown to cause an increased risk of heart attacks.

    GSK is also the maker of Paxil, an antidepressant drug belonging in class ...

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  • Controlling Symptoms Of Diabetes With Oral Medication
    By: mark en lee | - Oral diabetes prescription drugs might help reduce the symptoms of diabetes together with bloodstream glucose quantities in anyone experiencing type 2 diabetes. These different kinds of drugs are usually made available to people suffering from diabetes type 2, alongside instructions with regards to making specific nutritional alterations together with exercising regularly. Several of these medicinal drugs are usually utilized with one another for maximum blood glucose treatment.

    Rem ...

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  • Mounting Lawsuits Against The Makers Of Avandia
    By: Articlesonline | - What is Avandia? Avandia (Rosiglitazone) is an anti-diabetic drug in the thiazolidinedione class of drugs. It works as an insulin sensitizer, by binding to the PPAR receptors in fat cells and making the cells more responsive to insulin.

    If you have suffered from side effects after taking Avandia, then you definitely need to find and talk to an Avandia attorney. With an average settlement of 50,000 per case being paid out on these types of lawsuits, you may be entitled to some seriou ...

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  • Medical Malpractice Defined By A Tampa Heart Attack Attorney
    By: | - As soon as a medical practitioner veers outside the common medical practice and it brings about severe personal injury or troubles on the individual's health and fitness, this is viewed as medical malpractice.

    In instances where a doctor is accused of malpractice, another health care professional is asked in the procedure that is acceptable in the instances of the individual. He should have performed what is required of a practitioner that is under the exact circumstance.


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  • Big Pharmaceutical Companies In Big Trouble
    By: Robert Hill | - Consumer advocates at the Public Citizen released a report recently, finding the pharmaceutical industry guilty of being the biggest defrauder of the federal government under the False Claims Act (FCA).

    The study found that pharmaceutical cases accounted for at least 25 percent of all federal FCA payouts over the past decade, compared with 11 percent by the defense industry. The report also found that the frequency with which the pharmaceutical industry allegedly violated federal an ...

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  • Glaxosmithkline Whistleblower: False-claims Lawsuit Involving Well-known Medications Including Avand
    By: Lindsy Cassella | - GlaxoSmithKline Whistleblower: False-Claims Lawsuit Involving Common Medicines Including Avandia and Paxil

    A few months ago, pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline agreed to compensate $750 million to resolve a U.S. federal government false-claims lawsuit over charges that the organization knowingly produced and offered adulterated medications. The affected medications involved in the suit involved the common antidepressant Paxil and the

    type II diabetes medication Avandi ...

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  • Actos Vs. Avandia - Back On The Fda Radar
    By: sg | -

    Washington, DC: It may have become the heir apparent to Avandia, but overshadowed by a steady stream of negative publicity surrounding the Type 2 diabetes drug manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline are concerns with regard to Actos side effects. To that end, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) included Actos, manufactured by Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals, on a list of drugs the agency has targeted for the potential for safety concerns.

    Actos, the only other ...

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  • Lawsuits Against The Makers Of Avandia
    By: Shauna Ruppert | - If you have been prescribed Avandia for your diabetes, you may be eligible to join an ongoing Avandia lawsuit. There have been more than 11,000 settled lawsuits against the makers of this drug due to the severe and even life threatening side effects which can arise as a result of taking it. If your health has taken a turn for the worse after being prescribed Avandia, then you should definitely look into your options from a legal perspective.

    If you have suffered from side effects a ...

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  • How You Can Choose The Best Avandia Lawyer
    By: Anthony I. Aaron | - If you are one of the six million people suffering from type two diabetes and who are currently using Avandia as a prescription treatment, there is a chance that you have already contracted one of its life threatening side effects that includes worsened symptoms that are often found in diabetic patients, which is not something that you should be getting from a drug that ought to cure diabetes. Several people are consulting with an Avandia lawyer in order to press legal charges and demand for a c ...
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  • Who's Minding The Drug Store?
    By: Katt Mollar | - Billions of people use medications each day. Drugs are meant to treat, provide relief from or cure an ailment. But, taking drugs comes with a price - adverse drug reactions - and we are not even talking about the cost of medications, which can be exorbitant.

    Adverse drug reactions may be due to all types of drugs, prescription as well as nonprescription, with the latter known as over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston reported that more than half a mi ...

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  • Is Avandia A Good Diabetes Drug Choice?
    By: BrianGarvin | - The Diabetes drug Avandia, which appeared to raise the risk of heart problems, is still on the market. For three years, there has been a collection of ill effects bei ng reported from the drug's use. In 2007, a study reported that there was a 43% increase in the number of heart attacks, and 64% growth rate in deaths related to heart disease from people that were taking Avandia, as compared to people who were taking other drugs.

    Avandia manufacturers seems to have hid safety data, an ...

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  • Avandia Linked To Heart Attack
    By: Susan Ardizzoni | - Government Report Examines Heart Attack Risk in Avandia:

    The drug Avandia was approved in the U.S. in 1998 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes by controlling blood sugar levels. Millions of diabetics have taken the drug, but in recent years, sales have declined due to reports about an increased risk of potentially life-threatening heart risks. In May 2007, the New England Journal of Medicine published a report on the analysis of 42 clinical trials carried out by GlaxoSmithKline, t ...

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  • Avandia Linked To Heart Attacks
    By: Susan Ardizzoni | - Studies Link Avandia to Heart Attacks:


    A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in May 2007 reported that Avandia nearly doubled the risk of heart failure that could potentially lead to death. The manufacturer of Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline, disputed the journals report, trying to play down the risks of Avandia. Based on these findings, the FDA issued a safety warning that Avandia patients with a history of heart disease or stroke who may be at an increased ...

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  • Fda Reports Recommend Pulling Diabetes Drug Avandia Because It May Be Causing Heart Attacks
    By: Wendy Moyer | - GlaxoSmithKline's Type 2 diabetes drug Avandia is in the spotlight again, drawing attention from personal injury law watchers.

    A recent New York Times article cited confidential government reports that say the medication can cause personal injury, harming the heart and increasing the possibility of heart attacks and heart failure. They contend that "if every diabetic now taking Avandia were instead given a similar pill named Actos, about 500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart fai ...

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  • Avandia - The Time To File A Claim Is Almost Up!
    By: Alberto Stellpflug | - (1888PressRelease) DrugSettlement.com reports that the time for patients who suffered cardiovascular complications, including heart attacks, strokes and heart failure, while using the diabetes drug, Avandia, to file a claim for compensation may expire soon.

    New York, NY - In proceedings held before both the Federal and State court in Philadelphia, Glaxo (GSK) the manufacturer of Avandia has asserted that it expects a significant number of new claims to be filed by May 21, 2010. This ...

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  • Monitoring Protein Among Heart Failure Patients Does Little For Outcome
    By: Katie Kelley | - The results of a recent Swiss study have found that individuals who suffer from heart disease who were monitoring a protein biomarker molecule known as brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) were at the same risk for heart failure as those who did not monitor the protein, which was previously thought to have offered early signs of heart failure among patients, according to the study published in a January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

    Researchers found that ...

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  • Protein Does Not Indicate Heart Failure Risk, Study Finds
    By: Katie Kelley | - The results of a recent Swiss study have found that individuals who suffer from heart disease who were monitoring a protein biomarker molecule known as brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) were at the same risk for heart failure as those who did not monitor the protein, which was previously thought to have offered early signs of cardiovascular complications among patients, according to the study published in a January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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  • Scientists Find A Link Between Osteoporosis And Depression
    By: Katie Kelley | - Scientists recently discovered an astonishing new association related to the onset of osteoporosis among patients. The relationship, which is between bone metabolism and depression is becoming more prevalent, according to a study published in a recent issue of European Journal Psychotherapy.

    The study found that through the analyzation of data between 1994 and 2007, the "association between psychiatric illness, particularly depression, and osteoporosis been the subject of a growin ...

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  • Heart Failure Patients May Find Success With Cooling Treatment
    By: Katie Kelley | - Medical professionals recently began administering a new method of therapeutic hypothermia to cardiac arrest patients and found that the method was successful compared to previous statistics, which included "only 10 to 15 percent [of cardiac arrest patients] recover without brain damage," according to news reports.

    The therapy has been used since the late 1950's "but was subsequently abandoned because of uncertain benefit and difficulties with its use," according to a 2003 report ...

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  • Study Finds Children With Diabetes More Likely To Develop Eating Disorder
    By: Katie Kelley | - Researchers recently discovered that children who suffer from diabetes are at an increased risk of developing an eating disorder. The cause of the risk is unknown, however, researchers at the Medical College of Georgia's Georgia Prevention Institute are attempting to determine if a child's diabetic condition or their prescription drug treatments are to blame for the over-eating disorder.

    With funding from The American Diabetes Association (ADA) and assistance from Harvard and Emor ...

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  • Researchers Find Heart Beats To Own Drum
    By: Katie Kelley | - In a December issue of the science journal Cell Metabolism, researchers reported on recently discovered evidence that the heart may in fact "beat to its own drummer."

    Scientists from the University of Utah and the Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center studied the molecular circuitry surrounding the cardiovascular system and found that "a peripheral clock plays a role in the circadian rhythm of blood pressure and heart rate," according to a Dec. 8 news report from Science Daily ...

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  • Avandia And Actos Pose Increased Bone Fracture Dangers To Women Suffering From Type 2 Diabetes
    By: Katie Kelley | - A recent issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) reported the results of a study indicating that type 2 diabetes women who consume Avandia (rosiglitazone) or Actos (pioglitazone) are "at an increased risk of non-vertebral fractures with a near doubling in the risk of hip fractures."

    The study, which was conducted by researchers at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, evaluated the risks of bone density degradation among women who consumed the diabetic therapy ...

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  • Individuals With Depression At Risk For Developing Type 2 Diabetes
    By: Katie Kelley | - Researchers at the University of Alberta (UA) recently discovered an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes among individuals with depression. A study, published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, found that patients who have been diagnosed with depression may have a 30 percent increased risk for developing diabetes.

    Lauren Brown, the lead author of the study, researched the history of 2,400 individuals who had been diagnosed with depression. Brown looked at the var ...

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  • News Outlets Continue To Report Avandia's Declining Sales, Status
    By: Katie Kelley | - An October 10, 2008 article from Market Watch, a part of The Wall Street Journal's digital network, published an anti-diabetics market forecast, which found that Avandia and Actos are and will continue to lose market shares and their leading marketing positions status because of unresolved safety concerns.

    The article found that by 2011 Avandia, a type 2 diabetes non-insulin treatment, will see a decrease in sales because of the continued cloud of controversy shrouding the drug's ...

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  • A Group Of Doctors Petition Fda For Vegan Label On Avandia
    By: Katie Kelley | - The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) recently implored the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to amend the Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate) label to include a statement that promotes a vegan diet. Avandia, which was released for market in mid-1999 from GlaxoSmithKlein, is a type 2 diabetes prescription drug that assists in the regulation of glucose among diabetes patients.

    The PCRM was founded in 1985 and consists of physicians, doctors and laypersons that ...

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  • Diabetic Drug Key To Preventing Blindness
    By: Jay B Stockman | - Diabetes is a systemic disease that can, and often affects many areas of the body. The search for a cure has been long, and difficult, and to date the only therapy has been to manage the condition and treat the symptoms. While better blood glucose control has been at the apex of this therapy, it has not stemmed the secondary changes that damage collateral bodily systems. An often devastating diabetic complication is bleeding in the back of the eye, or retina. This condition is called Diabetic Re ...
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  • Texans Deal With Medications That May Kill Them: Avandia Linked With Causing Heart Attacks In Those
    By: Pat Carpenter | - It's becoming increasingly difficult for diabetics to know which is worse -- having the disease, or realizing the treatment for it just might be fatal, too. Late last month, a federal drug advisory board voted overwhelmingly in favor of keeping Avandia, a medication for Type 2 diabetes, on the market, despite findings that it raised the risk of heart attacks and angina.

    Many in the medical community, let alone in the general populace, are shocked. The Food and Drug Administration ...

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  • Drug Used To Treat Diabetes In Texas May Kill Patients
    By: Pat Carpenter | - Another drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may increase the risk of heart attacks and deaths. Avandia, a medication that has been used to treat diabetes for eight years now, and has been prescribed for six million people worldwide, has come under attack in light of recent reports. The implications for the healthcare and health insurance industries are huge, particularly in Texas, where the rate of diabetes is high.

    More than one million Americans still take Av ...

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  • Possible Serious Side Effects Linked To Diabetes Drug Avandia
    By: Peter Kent | - With more than 20 million Americans already diagnosed with the disease, diabetes represents a serious health threat, according to the American Diabetes Association. The ADA also states that there could be as many as six million more Americans living undiagnosed with the disease, as well as 40 million more individuals that could be considered pre-diabetic. Because of these ever growing numbers, pharmaceutical companies find the demand for new and innovative treatment options to greatly increased ...
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  • Acidity And Your Longevity
    By: Stephen Lau | - On May 21, 2007, based on a recent research conducted by Dr. Steven Nissen at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the FDA expressed concern regarding the safety of AVANDIA, a pill widely prescribed by doctors to treat type 2 diabetes. The groundbreaking research findings suggested that the risk of a heart attack was increased 43 percent among those taking the drug, and that there was a 64 percent increased risk of dying from cardiovascular causes, compared with patients not taking the drug.
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  • Preventing Diabetes
    By: Carl Hampton | - For all those diabetics out there, do the names Avandia or Altace ring a bell? A recent study has shown that both drugs may well help by giving additional prevention for those that are pre-diabetics,- which accounts for almost 40 million of our population. As many as half of the people who are pre-diabetics will develop diabetes within a three year time span.

    This has been the largest study on diabetes prevention ever, the study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Healt ...

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