A new study published in the December 10 online issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal reports that continued use of well known oral diabetes GlaxoSmithKline's drugs Avandia (rosiglitazone) and Actos (pioglitazone) almost doubles the risk of bone fractures in women with type 2 diabetes. Researchers had been aware that two thiazolidinedione (TZD) drugs for diabetes were correlated with fractures but the scope of the risk was not known. That is the reason why a study was constituted to know the efficacy of the diabetes drug. The lead researcher Dr.

Anxiety can tend toward the positive if you are at risk for type 2 diabetes. Of 204 patients with type 2 those who were inclined to more anxious mind sets were diagnosed earlier with the disease than their more mellow counterparts and as such tend toward a better control of the disease since it was diagnosed earlier after onset. The relationship between anxiety and type 2 early diagnosis was particularly strong in the younger patients since it is not something they are normally screened for routinely.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is an epidemic and alarming metabolic disorder. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that in 2005 the prevalence of diabetes in the United States was 20.8 million. Diabetes is diagnosed in 14.6 million persons and undiagnosed in 6.2 million. T2DM is 90% to 95% of prevalent diabetes. About 41 million people in the United States are believed to have pre-diabetes. The main etiologic pathways of T2DM are insulin resistance and lack of compensatory insulin secretion.