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Lifestyle changes plus red yeast rice and fish oil resulted in similar beneficial effects on LDL cholesterol as moderate-dose statin therapy in patients meeting criteria for drug therapy for high LDL cholesterol.
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Strategies to determine treatment of acute coronary syndromes need to take gender into account.
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In This Issue: Guidelines for prediabetes from The American College of Endocrinology; statins for the prevention of dementia? Possible help for women suffering from sexual side effects while on antidepressants; government incentives for electronic prescribing; FDA Actions.
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A cohort of 549 internationally adopted children ¡Ý 3 months of age (mean age, 22.9 months; range, 1.2-200 months) was evaluated at Cincinnati Children's Hospital between 1999 and 2004, with a post-adoption health visit within two months (mean, 12 days) after arrival in the United States.
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Although many HIV infections occur in older adults, national guidelines recommend screening only for persons age 13 to 64 years. However, researchers have found that expanding screening in people age 55 to 75 can be reasonably cost effective under the following circumstances:
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Fatigue is one of the most commonly encountered complaints in medical practice, especially in the elderly. It is frequently accompanied by a decreased capacity or motivation for work activities and by feelings of weariness and sleepiness.
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