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Researchers have learned why thiazolidinediones (TZDs), a major anti-diabetes drug, cause edema and also have found a new pathway critical to fluid metabolism.

Given honey’s potential for improved outcomes, cost savings, and decreasing antibiotic use and resistance, more randomized controlled trials are needed to determine its efficacy.

(Revatio) for Early-Stage Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. On June 3, the FDA approved sildenafil citrate 20-mg tablets (Revatio, made by Pfizer, Inc.) to improve exercise ability in patients with early-stage pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Insight study reveals leading research on the benefits of using insulin earlier

Patients with diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) on Lipitor who lowered their cholesterol to well below currently recommended levels experienced significantly fewer heart attacks and strokes than those who achieved recommended levels.

A published study shows morbidly obese patients are much more likely to develop diabetic foot ulcers than non-obese patients.

Caffeine intake at levels typical of normal consumption is associated with a significant reduction in nocturnal hypoglycemia in patients with long-standing type 1 diabetes.

Breast-feeding during the first week of life after birth is a “critical period, when exposure to diabetic breast milk may have a negative long-term influence on risk of overweight and diabetes in offspring of diabetic mothers.

Expression of gremlin, a gene involved in nephrogenesis, may not end after embryonic development and can reemerge in the context of diabetic nephropathy.

People with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of contracting respiratory, urinary tract and skin infections than people without diabetes.