Poor bone fracture healing could be next on the list of conditions linked to diabetes, U.S. researchers say. The report, published in the American Journal of Pathology, suggests those with diabetes may have increased production of an inflammatory molecule known as TNF that causes bone fractures to heal more slowly and less satisfactorily. Dr. Dana Graves and colleagues of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark and the Boston University School of Medicine looked at bone repair in a mouse model of diabetes. The researchers find increased levels of inflammatory molecules, particularly TNF-alpha and a mediator...