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Thiazolidinediones and Risk for Fractures
- General Medicine
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In an observational study, users of TZDs had higher risk for fractures than those taking other antidiabetes medications.
- By Jamaluddin Moloo, MD, MPH
- May 8, 2008
- Covering Arch Intern Med 2008 Apr 28
Gestational Diabetes: Controversies About Diagnosis and Treatment Persist
- General Medicine
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Increasing maternal glucose intolerance is associated with increasing birth weight, neonatal hypoglycemia, and fetal insulin levels.
- By Robert W. Rebar, MD
- May 7, 2008
- Covering N Engl J Med 2008 May 8
Gestational Hyperglycemia: Continuum of Risk, Choices for Treatment
- Women's Health
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Likelihood of adverse pregnancy outcomes increased in proportion to maternal glucose levels; metformin for gestational diabetes was not inferior to insulin.
- By Ann J. Davis, MD
- May 7, 2008
- Covering N Engl J Med 2008 May 8
How Low Should We Go (with BP and Cholesterol in Diabetic Patients)?
- General Medicine
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Lower might be better, but more clinical data are needed.
- By Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
- April 24, 2008
- Covering JAMA 2008 Apr 9
Does Early Vitamin D Supplementation Prevent Type 1 Diabetes?
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
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Findings from a meta-analysis suggest that vitamin D supplementation in infancy lowers risk for developing type 1 diabetes.
- By F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
- April 23, 2008
- Covering Arch Dis Child 2008 Mar 13
Basal Insulin Is as Effective as Preprandial Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes
- General Medicine
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They have similar effects on HbA1c levels, but patients prefer basal insulin.
- By Bruce Soloway, MD
- April 22, 2008
- Covering Lancet 2008 Mar 29
An ACE Inhibitor, an ARB, or Both for Patients at High Vascular Risk?
- General Medicine
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An ARB was as efficacious as an ACE inhibitor, but combination therapy failed to show any advantages.
- By Jamaluddin Moloo, MD, MPH
- April 17, 2008
- Covering N Engl J Med 2008 Apr 10
Can Metformin Attenuate Olanzapine-Induced Weight Gain?
- Psychiatry
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Adding an antihyperglycemic agent may prevent weight gain and metabolic syndrome in patients with new-onset schizophrenia.
- By Joel Yager, MD
- April 14, 2008
- Covering Am J Psychiatry 2008 Mar
Aggressive Treatment of High LDL Levels and Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes
- Cardiology
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Three-year results from SANDS supply much-needed information but no definitive answer to the question of how low to set targets in primary prevention of CVD.
- By JoAnne M. Foody, MD
- April 8, 2008
- Covering JAMA 2008 Apr 9
Disturbances of Glucose Metabolism in Depression
- Psychiatry
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Whole-body glucose disposal is impaired in depressed patients.
- By Joel Yager, MD
- April 7, 2008
- Covering Psychosom Med 2008 Feb/Mar