Blood pressure pill 'may help diabetic people'
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Â·  Study shows cut in risk of cardiovascular disease Â·  Remedy could save a million lives in five years
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A blood pressure drug taken by hundreds of thousands of Canadians is no better than a dummy pill at preventing heart attacks or deaths from heart disease, new research suggests.
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People taking a certain type of blood pressure medication called calcium channel blockers may also be lowering their risk of getting Parkinson's disease, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Drugmakers are working on experimental diabetes drugs using a novel mechanism to help flush excess blood sugar out of the body, according to results of small studies presented at a medical meeting on Sunday.
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People suffering from the most common form of diabetes could sharply cut their risk for heart attacks and strokes by taking a cholesterol-lowering drug even if they have normal cholesterol levels, a major new study says.
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Cholesterol-lowering 'statin' drugs -- such as Lipitor or Zocor, for example -- also lower blood pressure to a modest extent, according to a report at the American Heart Association annual meeting.
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A drug to lower blood sugar could also help prevent type 2 diabetes.
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Scientists say it may be possible to use a breath test to monitor blood sugar levels in people with diabetes.
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According to a new study, all type 2 diabetics benefits from taking statins (cholesterol lowering drugs), even those whose cholesterol levels are normal. Their chances of ever developing heart disease or strokes would be significantly reduced, says the ...
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Sanofi-Aventis's  Acomplia pill  can significantly improve blood sugar levels in patients with  type 2 diabetes while also reducing their weight, clinical  trial data sponsored by the French drugmaker showed on Tuesday.
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About 21 percent of individuals  with diabetes do not regularly take their blood-sugar lowering,  blood-pressure lowering or cholesterol-lowering pills,  researchers found in study of 11,532 diabetes patients.
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A leading drug used by millions of  people to lower blood pressure does not prevent deaths from  heart attacks or other cardiovascular problems as well as other  treatments, researchers said on Friday.
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Sanofi-Aventis's  Acomplia pill can significantly improve blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes while also reducing their weight, clinical trial data sponsored by the French drugmaker showed on Tuesday.
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Millions of adults at high risk of diabetes could ward off the disease by taking a drug commonly used to treat it, according to the largest diabetes prevention study yet conducted.
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Diuretics, pills used by millions of elderly people to lower high blood pressure, clearly reduce the long-term risk of death from heart attacks and strokes, according to a study that could ease fears that the medication's risks outweigh its benefits.
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Patients taking a combination of newer  blood pressure drugs have a much better chance of avoiding  heart attacks and stroke than those on older pills, a British  researcher leading a major clinical study said on Wednesday.
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Drugs used to treat high blood pressure are also linked with a reduced risk of bone fractures, research shows.