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Gossip Girl CW Arkansas Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:08 PM PDT Heart disease is the nation's leading cause of death. What can you do to reduce the risk of heart disease? Death Rates Same For Diabetes And Heart Disease Patients Receiving Drug Therapy Or Surgery Science Daily Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:21 PM PDT There is no difference in mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes and heart disease who received prompt bypass surgery or angioplasty compared to drug therapy alone, according to a new study. The study also found that while prompt bypass in patients with more severe heart disease did not lower mortality, it lowered their risk of subsequent major cardiac events. Drugs Best First Defense Against Heart Disease for Diabetics Forbes Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:38 PM PDT Study finds medicines typically do as well as surgery, especially in less severe cases Meds as good as surgery for diabetics with heart disease USA Today Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:06 PM PDT Prompt bypass surgery holds no advantage over intensive drug therapy in many patients with type 2 diabetes when it comes to dying from strokes or heart attacks, new research suggests. Hold Off on That Angioplasty BusinessWeek Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:06 PM PDT There's a powerful logic to the argument that people will live longer and have fewer heart attacks if their clogged arteries are repaired with a procedure called angioplasty. Heart risk spurs call for trans fat labels WA Today Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:01 PM PDT Australians are eating double the recommended amount of saturated fat, and have no way of knowing the level of artificial trans fatty acids they eat because of lax labelling laws. Surgery may not be first choice for diabetics with blocked arteries Los Angeles Times Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:37 PM PDT For those who haven't had a heart attack, drug treatment and lifestyle changes are as effective as bypass surgery and angioplasty in reducing deaths, researchers find. Some say the study is outdated. For most patients with diabetes and clogged arteries who have not had a heart attack, treatment with drugs and lifestyle changes is as effective at reducing death as immediate bypass surgery or ... Study: Leading Diabetes Drugs Increase Bone Fracture Risk Nasdaq Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:11 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -(Dow Jones)- Two important diabetes drugs already associated with heightened heart risk problems face new questions as studies show they may increase bone fractures. Stents no better than heart drugs in diabetics Reuters Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:02 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Diabetics with stable heart disease do just as well taking drugs alone as getting quick angioplasty or bypass surgery to open blocked heart arteries, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. (AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-07 22:30 Stents no better than heart drugs in diabetics Interactive Investor Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:01 PM PDT By Julie Steenhuysen

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