One-size-fits-all approach can lead to over-treatment in older diabetes patients

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One-size-fits-all approach can lead to over-treatment in older diabetes patients

Diabetes treatments have saved many lives, but in older patients with multiple medical conditions, aggressively controlling blood sugar with insulin and sulfonylurea drugs, could lead to over-treatment and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), according to new research by Yale School of Medicine researchers. Published in the Jan. 12 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, the study found […]

All Water Pills not Equally Effective Against Heart Failure

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Loop diuretics, more commonly known as water pills, are the most widely prescribed heart failure medications, but few studies had extensively compared their effectiveness until Yale School of Medicine researchers examined three approved loop diuretics and found that even though one of them might offer more benefit, it is rarely prescribed.