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Clinicians and type 2 diabetes patients have a new worry: hepatic steatosis, or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Liver disease is a less-obvious problem than kidney disease but may have equally grave consequences.

Endothelial dysfunction is both a marker for and a cause of diabetic complications. Researchers are teasing out pathways that involve oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction, said Per-Henrik Groop, MD, PhD, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. The challenge is in finding drugs that show the same activity in vivo that they show in cell studies or animal models.

Forget the arguments over fit and fat in the development of diabetes and the resulting complications. Both fitness and fatness can be addressed by the same prescription: physical activity.

Intensive blood glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes resulted in a significant reduction in the risk of microvascular complications compared with standard blood glucose control. This was driven by a reduction in the occurrence of nephropathy, in the Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron-MR Controlled Evaluation (ADVANCE) study.

Periodontal disease makes glycemic control more difficult in patients with type 2 diabetes, said George W. Taylor, DrPH, DMD, associate professor of dentistry, School of Dentistry and Public Health at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Lev Pharmaceuticals names three companies to dispense Cinryze when it is approved.

CVS Pharmacy and Century 21 are teaming up with Easter Seals around Chicagoland.

The editorial teams in the Modern Medicine Primary Care Content Group, with content from our legacy brands ? Medical Economics, Drug Topics, Geriatrics, Formulary and Contemporary OB/Gyn ? will cover key medical meetings, bringing you breaking news, the latest research findings and reports from the general sessions.

The feds have issued two guidances related to the use of drugs for the influenza pandemic.

Two letters signeed by 132 members of Congress urge a delay in the Medicare bidding program for home medical equipment.

Member Health's CommunityCareRx plan was the leading Medicare Part D drug plan, while Rite Aid Health Solutions was one of the top pharmacy benefit managers in a survey from Wilson Health Information.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is offering hardship payments for providers with cash flow problems related to the National Provider Identification numbers.

A demonstration is planned today in Manhattan to protest against cuts in drug reimbursement that take effect on July 1.

Walgreens has agreed to pay $35 million in generic drug switching allegations lawsuit.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has turned down a proposal from Louisiana to increase the state's Medicaid dispensing fee to more than $10.

The state of Connecticut has joined in the class-action suit against McKesson, First DataBank, and Medi-Span over inflated average wholesale prices.

Health Mart, a growing independent pharmacy franchise, takes top spot in pharmacy customer service by WilsonRx.

The agency releases alert to transition patients to new albuterol inhalers by year's end.

Abbott is recalling two lots of Calcilo XD Low-Calcium/vitamin D-Free Infant Formula with Iron powder.

Rite Aid is launching a "Fill up & Fuel up" program sweepstakes.

The Kroger Co. and The Little Clinic announced a partnership to roll out walk-in medical clinics throughout the country.

ISMP is planning to come up with a list of suggestions for tall man letters to differentiate look-alike drug names.

Viril-ity (VIP) Tablets are being recalled because they contain an undeclared substance.

Taking proactive action, APP Pharmaceuticals improves the design of its 1 mL and 2 mL heparin vials to reduce the risk of drug errors.

A new settlement has been proposed in the average wholesale price suit against First DataBank, McKesson, and Medi-Span.

The Ohio Board of Pharmacy is investigating the Cardinal distribution center in Findlay, Ohio, for distributing large amounts of controlled substances to an Internet pharmacy.

Two former CVS executives have been acquitted of bribing a Rhode Island state senator for legislative favors.

Three Miami area doctors and six others were charged for defrauding Medicare.