Blood glucose monitoring at alternative sites is consistent with fingertip results in the fasting state and 120 minutes after eating but not at 60 minutes after eating or after exercise.

Nonfasting triglyceride (TG) levels are easier to obtain than fasting TG levels and may offer significant prognostic value. That, according to the results of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) published in the May 12 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

ACE-inhibitors or calcium antagonists may be better choices.

Thiazolidinedione-induced fluid retention in diabetics with chronic systolic heart failure (HF) is likely to be peripheral and reversible after drug withdrawal

New findings in mice suggest that skipping the occasional meal may be good for your health.

Rofecoxib significantly increased systolic blood pressure, while celecoxib (Celebrex) and naproxen did not.

Despite differences in pathophysiology and metabolism, patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes do not differ with respect to coronary vasodilator function.

If the combination is used, repaglinide dosage should be greatly reduced and blood glucose concentrations carefully monitored. Gemfibrozil raised the plasma concentration of repaglinide by 5.5-15.0 times and prolonged its half-life from 1.3 to 3.7 hours.

European drug regulators warned on Wednesday that Novo Nordisk’s oral antidiabetic Prandin/NovoNorm (repaglinide) can cause severe hypoglycemia if patients take the lipid-lowering agent gemfibrozil at the same time.

The world’s first embryonic stem cell bank opened in Britain on Wednesday, breaking new ground in one of the most controversial areas of medical research.