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Wed, May 23, 2007 -- 9:00 AM

Avandia and Diabetes
The program discusses new findings about an ingredient in commonly prescribed diabetes drugs that may pose safety concerns.

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Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

  • David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics

  • Dr. Curt Furberg, professor of public health sciences at Wake Forest University School of Medicine

  • Dr. Karen Earle, medical director for the Center for Diabetes Services and chief of the Division of Endocrinology at California Pacific Medical Center

  • Dr. Steven E. Nissen, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic and co-author of The New England Journal of Medicine report on the effects of Avandia on heart attacks

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