Video: Weighing the Risks of Diabetes Meds

Posted October 7, 2007 at 01:00 PM by Katie Drummond

Section: Her Health, Her News, Special Features, Videos

Diabetes is an all-too-common illness that can have serious implications for your lifestyle and force you to make hard choices when it comes to your health. Among those decisions is whether or not to take perscription medications to deal with your diabetes - a new study shows that while Actos seems to lower risk of death, heart attack and stroke, it may carry a risk of nonfatal heart failure.

To learn more about the medical options for diabetics, and the pros and cons that come with them, check out this video report from the Associated Press: