Over 20% of all diabetics have heart disease. That is why it is so scary when new research and studies come out that prove diabetic medication to harm your heart. And here we go again… Two Wake Forest University School of Medicine faculty members sifted through three trials to come to the conclusion that certain diabetic medications could cause increased heart failure- ACCORD, ADVANCE, and the Veterans Affairs Diabetes study.
“We strongly recommend restrictions in the use of thiazolidinediones (the class of drugs) and question the rationale for leaving rosiglitazone on the market,” write Sonal Singh, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of …read more

Over at The Medical Blog Network, Dr. Rob Lamberts gives an overview of risk factors for coronary heart disease.

Diabetes – especially Type 2 (Adult onset) diabetes
High blood pressure
Family history of heart disease (Father under age 55, mother under age 65 or siblings with heart disease are considered strong risk factors)
Smoking – the more the merrier – smoking a single cigarette per day is not the same as 2 packs per day, but both are a bad idea.
High Cholesterol.

Learn more at Dr. Lamberts’s blog.