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• Study Suggests Lipitor-Diabetes Risk Higher For Women
  Lipitor, an anti-cholesterol drug manufactured by Pfizer, has been under fire for allegations that it increases the risk of women developing diabetes. The drug, which belongs to the class of cholesterol-lowering medications called statins, has been linked by numerous researchers to higher rates of d...

• Nutritionists claim link between red meat, diabetes
  A number of prominent nutritionists have reiterated a warning about a potential link between red meat consumption and Type 2 diabetes, the Los Angeles Times reports. Although diabetes is manageable, the Mayo Clinic says it can eventually cause disabling or even life-threatening complications. And a ...

• UK charity voices concerns about diabetes drugs
  Pancreatic Cancer UK, a charity group based in the United Kingdom, has joined the American Diabetes Association in calling for companies to release information about a potential link between some diabetes medication and pancreatic cancer. Pressure on the companies is intensifying after Channel 4 Dis...

• FDA accused of inadequate response to diabetes drugs
  An investigation in the medical journal BMJ faults the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its tepid response to reports that diabetes drugs including Byetta and Januvia may be linked to pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. Both the FDA and the European Medicines Agency are conducting investigation...

• Diabetes group wants drug-makers to release info
  According to a story in MedPage Today, the American Diabetes Association is calling for makers of diabetes drugs such as Byetta and Januvia, classified as “incretin therapies,” to release all of the data on their drugs for a review. The ADA’s demands come as a growing body of evidence links dr...

• Diabetes experts support Byetta, Januvia critic
  A number of the world’s top diabetes experts agree with Dr. Peter C. Butler, an internationally renowned physician who raised alarms about the diabetes drugs Januvia and Byetta. A story on MedPage Today quotes Andrew Boulton, MD, president of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EAS...

• FDA diabetes drug review is controversial
  According to U.S. News and World Report, the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to reevaluate the diabetes drug Avandia is proving controversial, with some detractors accusing the agency of unnecessarily wasting taxpayer resources. Avandia was once a top-selling medication for its manufacture...

• Diabetes drugs Byetta, Januvia generating lawsuits
  A New York Times story about the link between certain diabetes drugs and pancreatic cancer, says that more than 100 lawsuits have been filed. According to the report, more than 575 plaintiffs around the country are claiming injury from Byetta, and more than 40 claim Januvia caused pancreatic cancer....

• FDA taking another look at diabetes drug
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking a second look at the diabetes drug Avandia, with an agency report already suggesting that the drug’s attendant risk of heart problems may not be as serious as reported. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Avandia, originally approved in 1999, was ...

• Lipitor Diabetes in Women
  The anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor is the best-selling medication of all time, with USA Today reporting sales of more than $125 billion since its approval in 1996. But in the last few years, an increasingly large body of research suggests that the drug may have exposed millions of patients taking it ...