Internal Medicine Alert – February 29, 2008
February 29, 2008
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Calcium, Bones, and the Heart
A study to determine the effect of calcium supplementation on myocardial infarction, stroke, and sudden death in healthy postmenopausal women. -
Can Your Patient's Socioeconomic Status Have an Adverse Effect On You?
A physicians' survey in Connecticut indicates that a patient's socioeconomic status (SES) affected their clinical management decisions. -
Etravirine Tablets (Intelence™)
The FDA has approved, after priority review, a new non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) for HIV-1 infected adults who have failed other antiretroviral agents. -
Clinical Briefs by Louis Kuritzky, MD
I've Heard of TIA, But What The Heck is a TNA?, Advancing Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Previously Treated with Glargine Plus Oral Agents, A Relationship Between Linolenic Acid and Neuropathy in Diabetics -
Frequency of False Positive Cardiac Catheterizations in STEMI Patients
The frequency of false positive cardiac catheterization laboratory activation for suspected STEMI in community practice is relatively common with 14% of patients having no clear-cut culprit coronary artery lesions and 9.5% having no significant epicardial coronary artery disease.