http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Two common conditions in pregnancy may be risk factors for future diabetes according to a Canadian study of over one million women published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-common-pregnancy-conditions-future-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:30:41 EST news285352231 Children on dialysis who have anemia and who require high doses of drugs to treat it have an increased risk of dying prematurely, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings provide new insights that may help improve the health of children with kidney failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-global-anemia-children-dialysis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:00:01 EST news281894660 (HealthDay)—The approved use of the drug Zytiga has been expanded to include treatment of men with late-stage, hormone therapy-resistant prostate cancer before they undergo chemotherapy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fda-oks-prostate-cancer-drug.html Medications Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:20:04 EST news274379071 New research at the University of Adelaide has revealed a genetic link in pregnant mums - and their male partners - to pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening complication during pregnancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-genetics-pregnancy-complication.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:47:57 EST news272198869 Treatment with glucose-lowering thiazolidinedione drugs in patients with Type 2 diabetes appears to be associated with an increased risk of diabetic macular edema (a complication that may affect vision) at 1-year and 10-year follow-up evaluations, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-thiazolidinedione-patients-diabetes-diabetic-macular.html Diabetes Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:01:45 EST news258649293 University of Cincinnati cardiologists are conducting a one-of-a-kind clinical trial to determine if a dialysis-like procedure could be deemed the new standard of care for patients suffering from extensive fluid retention caused by heart failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-clinical-trial-benefits-mechanisms-ultrafiltration.html Cardiology Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:43:27 EST news249205376 Drugs known as thiazolidinediones, or TZDs for short, are widely used in diabetes treatment, but they come with a downside. The drugs have effects on the kidneys that lead to fluid retention as the volume of plasma in the bloodstream expands. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-popular-diabetes-drugs-cardiovascular-side_1.html Medical research Tue, 03 May 2011 12:17:37 EST news223643824