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Botanical compound could prove crucial to healing influenza

Building on previous work with the botanical abscisic acida, researchers in the Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory (NIMML) have discovered that abscisic acid has anti-inflammatory effects in the lungs ...

Medical research created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diabetes drug side effects traced to fat action

For better or worse, a popular class of anti-diabetic drugs does more than lower blood sugar. One known as rosiglitazone (trade name Avandia) has been in the spotlight for its possible link to increased cardiovascular events, ...

Medical research created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Popular diabetes drugs' cardiovascular side effects explained

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 ...

Medical research created May 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Use of more costly diabetes medications varies widely

(HealthDay)—Even within an integrated Veterans Affairs (VA) system with a uniform national formulary and established criteria for drug use, there is substantial variation in the use of thiazolidinediones ...

Diabetes created Oct 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some diabetes drugs may increase risk of bladder cancer

An increased risk of bladder cancer is linked to the use of pioglitazone, a medication commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Cancer created Jul 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thiazolidinedione use in patients with Type 2 diabetes may increase risk for diabetic macular edema

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 ...

Diabetes created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Thiazolidinediones tied to lower cancer risk in diabetes patients

(HealthDay) -- Thiazolidinediones are associated with a lower risk of liver and colorectal cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the May issue of Hepatology.

Cancer created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0