Study Ties Diabetes Drugs to Fractures

Two important diabetes drugs already associated with heightened heart-risk problems face new questions as studies show they may lead to bone fractures. A report involving data on more than 144,000 patients says that the medicines Avandia, made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC, and Actos, made by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., may increase a patient's risk of bone fractures by 43%...more