Effect of intensive glucose lowering treatment on all cause mortality, cardiovascular death, and microvascular events in type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis of randomised …

R Boussageon, T Bejan-Angoulvant… - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
Objective To determine all cause mortality and deaths from cardiovascular events related to
intensive glucose lowering treatment in people with type 2 diabetes. Design Meta-analysis …

Comparative effectiveness and safety of medications for type 2 diabetes: an update including new drugs and 2-drug combinations

WL Bennett, NM Maruthur, S Singh… - Annals of internal …, 2011 - acpjournals.org
Background: Given the increase in medications for type 2 diabetes mellitus, clinicians and
patients need information about their effectiveness and safety to make informed choices …

AHA/ACCF secondary prevention and risk reduction therapy for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2011 update: a guideline from the …

SC Smith Jr, EJ Benjamin, RO Bonow, LT Braun… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
(ACCF) guidelines on secondary prevention, 1 important evidence from clinical trials has
emerged that further supports and broadens the merits of intensive risk-reduction therapies …

Mortality and cardiovascular risk associated with different insulin secretagogues compared with metformin in type 2 diabetes, with or without a previous myocardial …

TK Schramm, GH Gislason, A Vaag… - European heart …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims The impact of insulin secretagogues (ISs) on long-term major clinical outcomes in type
2 diabetes remains unclear. We examined mortality and cardiovascular risk associated with …

Effect of metformin on cardiovascular events and mortality: a meta‐analysis of randomized clinical trials

C Lamanna, M Monami, N Marchionni… - Diabetes, Obesity and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: Some studies suggested that metformin could reduce cardiovascular risk to a greater
extent than that determined by glucose reduction. Aim of the present meta‐analysis is to …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

BW Smith, LA Adams - Critical reviews in clinical laboratory …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) refers to the accumulation of hepatic steatosis not
due to excess alcohol consumption. The prevalence of NAFLD is up to 30% in developed …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and diabetes mellitus: pathogenesis and treatment

BW Smith, LA Adams - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2011 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) frequently
coexist as they share the pathogenic abnormalities of excess adiposity and insulin …

Thiazolidinediones and risk of heart failure in patients with or at high risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis of placebo …

AV Hernandez, A Usmani, A Rajamanickam… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Background Recent meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) demonstrated a
higher risk of heart failure (HF) with the use of thiazolidinediones (TZDs). However, this …

Advances in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus

ZH Israili - American journal of therapeutics, 2011 - journals.lww.com
There is a rising worldwide prevalence of diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes mellitus (T 2
DM), which is one of the most challenging health problems in the 21st century. The …

The inverse benefit law: how drug marketing undermines patient safety and public health

H Brody, DW Light - American Journal of Public Health, 2011 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Recent highly publicized withdrawals of drugs from the market because of safety concerns
raise the question of whether these events are random failures or part of a recurring pattern …