Internal Medicine Alert – June 30, 2008

June 30, 2008

• Everything in Moderation, Including Sleep

  Both short (6 or fewer hours) and long (9 or more hours) habitual sleep durations predict an increased risk of weight gain in adults.

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• Should Women Quit Smoking Now or Wait?

  Early age at initiation of smoking is associated with an increased mortality risk in women. Quitting reduces the excess mortality risk for all major causes of smoking related deaths.

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• The Risks of Abdominal Obesity

  Data from the Nurses Health Study revealed that abdominal obesity in females is significantly and positively associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality and specifically is associated with increased CVD mortality even in normal-weight women.

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• Alvimopan Capsules (Entereg®)

  The FDA has approved a drug to help patients regain bowel function following bowel resection surgery.

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• Clinical Briefs by Louis Kuritzky, MD

  Vasculopathy knows no compartmentalization. Clinicians expect that patients with peripheral arterial disease will also commonly have comorbid coronary or cerebrovascular disease, even though it may be silent.

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