Internal Medicine Alert – June 30, 2013
June 30, 2013
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What’s the Frequency, BP?
A strategy of annual screening of blood pressure was as sensitive and more specific than the usual practice of measuring it at every office visit. -
Exercise Benefits Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Exercise, both aerobic as well as stretching and strengthening, improves motor function and gait in patients with Parkinsons disease. -
Is Your Smart Phone Spreading Infection?
Bacteria were present on the cell phones of all hospital clinicians studied, with potentially pathogenic microorganisms isolated from 29% of them. Contamination with pathogens was found more commonly with smart phones than with non-smart phones, and by multivariable analysis no other factor was associated with this difference. -
Brief Report: Bedbug Detection Squad
Remember that scene in Doc Martin when he travels to London for a conference, and while his lady awaits his affection in a tiny negligee, he methodically strips the bed looking for bed bugs? How many of us make that a habit now when traveling? -
Pharmacology Update: Ezetimibe and Atorvastatin Tablets (Liptruzet)
A second ezetimbe/statin combination has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. Ezetimibe is now combined with atorvastatin and is marketed by Merck & Co. as Liptruzet. -
Clinical Briefs
Whats the Durability of Lifestyle Change in Type 2 Diabetes?; Perimenstrual Asthma: A High-Risk Phenotype; Risk of New Onset Diabetes with Statins