Diabetes drug can raise heart disease risk by 25 percent
March 18th, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 18 (IANS) Diabetes drug Avandia, which has been used by at least 50,000 people in Britain, increases the risk of heart disease by 23 percent and the risk ... Read more...
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Why drugs increase risk of heart attacks, strokes
February 24th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 24 (ANI): A new study has shown that fluid retention caused by many drugs may be the reason for an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.The study, which calculated ... Read more...
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Loss of cell powerhouses linked to Parkinson’s
October 7th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 7 (ANI): Scientists have bolstered the link between Parkinson's disease and the loss of cellular powerhouses called mitochondria after conducting a painstaking analysis of more than 400 brain tissue samples.If ... Read more...
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Diabetes drug increases heart attack risks, say experts
September 6th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Medical experts have urged a ban on Avandia, a drug taken by up to 100,000 diabetic patients in Britain, because it increases risks of heart attack.
The Commission ... Read more...
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The Diabetes Drugs, Avandia and Actos, Have The Same Amount of Risks
August 29th, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 29, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The drug for diabetes of GlaxoSmithKline happens to be Avandia. American canvassers on Tuesday mentioned that Avandia was not more risky to the heart ... Read more...
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Heart Risk Posed By Diabetes Drugs Avandia Same As Actos, Study Says
August 29th, 2010 - 7:16 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Aug 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new research has highlighted that the risk of developing heart ailments or causing death of the diabetes drug Avandia is just the same as its ... Read more...
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Link between obesity, insulin resistance paves way for safer diabetes drugs
July 22nd, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 22 (ANI): Researchers have found a new molecular link between obesity and the action of diabetes drugs such as Avandia and Actos, which could pave the way for improved medications ... Read more...
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Study: Diabetes drug increases heart risk
June 29th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jun 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new study has confirmed that using the drug Avandia, which is used to treat diabetes was likely to increase your chances of getting ... Read more...
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Diabetes Drug Avandia Enhances The Risks Of Heart Disease
June 29th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 29, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A research study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association has revealed that the diabetes drug Avandia can enhance the risks ... Read more...
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Diabetes Drug Avandia Increases Heart Risk, Reviews Deduce
June 29th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
June 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The diabetic drug Avandia, which was considered to be one of the leading medications for patients suffering from Type 2 diabetes, faced a setback on Monday ... Read more...
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FDA To Launch New Investigation To Assess Heart Risks Posed By Avandia
February 23rd, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Feb 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Food and Drug Administration of the United States has declared that for now, it is not yet necessary for those suffering from diabetes to quit ... Read more...
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Diabetes drug ‘ups heart disease, death risk’
February 22nd, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 22 (ANI): US senators have linked a diabetes drug to heart disease and death.They have claimed that the drug Avandia used by tens of thousands of Britons increases the ... Read more...
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Avandia Under FDA Scanner
February 20th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It is not uncommon to see widely used and popular medicines causing side effects to the users and getting banned. The latest drug to join this ... Read more...
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How diabetes drugs raise heart failure risk
June 23rd, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 23 (ANI): A new study may help explain how a class of diabetes drugs increases the risk of heart failure.Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) have been controversial since a 2007 analysis of Avandia ... Read more...
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Diabetes drugs may lead to vision-threatening complication
April 3rd, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 3 (ANI): Treating diabetes with a class of drugs, called glitazone, leads to a "modest" increase in the risk of diabetic macular oedema (DME), which is a common vision-threatening complication, ... Read more...
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Top 10 health stories of 2007
December 4th, 2007 - 6:26 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): Drug safety failures have topped a list of 2007s Most Significant Health Stories.The health stories have been chosen by the editors of Harvard Medical School's Harvard Health Letter.The ... Read more...
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