diabetes

Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes+

11th January 2008

colin baigent Meta Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes
Colin Baigent

REFERENCE: Lancet 371:117 January 11, 2008
COLIN BAIGENT, Oxford University
Statins were found to cut cardiovascular event rates by a fifth among patients with both Type I and Type II diabetes in a meta-analysis of 18 000

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Rosiglitazone for Patients with Diabetes: Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial Findings+

15th July 2007

stuart pocock Rosiglitazone for Patients with Diabetes: Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial Findings
Stuart Pocock

REFERENCE: ABSTRACT N Engl J Med 2007; 357: 28-381
STUART POCOCK, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Reassuring findings about the safety of the anti-diabetic drug rosiglitazone have been published in the New England Journal of

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Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: reporting from American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, November 12-15, 2006+

14th November 2006

theodore mazzone Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: reporting from American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, November 12 15, 2006
Theodore Mazzone
timothy gardener Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: reporting from American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, November 12 15, 2006
Timothy Gardner
chris cannon Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: reporting from American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, November 12 15, 2006
Christopher Cannon

Atherosclerosis Halted in Type 2 Diabetes by Pioglitazone for Glycemic Control

REFERENCE: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, November 12-15, 2006. Abstract: Late Breaking Trials I, Monday 13th November
THEODORE MAZZONE, University of Illinois,

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Diabetic Patients: Some Benefits from Fibrates+

17th November 2005

Anthony Keech Diabetic Patients: Some Benefits from Fibrates
Anthony Keech

Among nearly 10 000 patients with maturity onset diabetes the use of fenofibrate to lower cholesterol produced a 24 per cent statistically significant reduction of cardiovascular events, but no reduction in the risk of death. Anthony Keech of …

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