Internal Medicine Alert – August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024
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Is It Past Time to Change Dietary Guidelines for Alcohol Use?
Analysis reveals that previous studies demonstrating the health benefits of moderate alcohol drinking were of low quality and that the relatively few published studies meeting the minimal quality criteria to avoid this problem do not show significantly lower mortality risk for moderate alcohol drinkers.
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TB Screening Dismayingly Low in Those at Risk
Screening for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection in persons at risk is woefully lax in our country — and yet, reactivation TB is such an eminently preventable disease.
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Chlorthalidone vs. Hydrochlorothiazide for Hypertension
A subgroup analysis of those with prior myocardial infarction or ischemic stroke in the Diuretic Comparison Project for the treatment of hypertension has found that this higher-risk group experiences fewer major adverse cardiovascular events while taking chlorthalidone compared to hydrochlorothiazide, but at the expense of more hypokalemia.
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Enlargement of Choroid Plexus in Subacute COVID-19 Patients
The choroid plexus is a network of capillaries whose main role involves facilitating cerebrospinal fluid production and the exchange of nutrients and waste products between the central nervous system and the bloodstream. Immune cells are present near the choroid plexus. Enlargement of the choroid plexus has been noted in patients with multiple sclerosis.
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Sofpironium Topical Gel (Sofdra)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a second topical anticholinergic product for the treatment of hyperhidrosis.