Internal Medicine Alert – August 30, 2008
August 30, 2008
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Motivating Women to Use Supplemental Calcium
Women who do not take supplemental calcium frequently need more education, and state they would be positively influenced by their physician's recommendations. -
How Often Does Mild Cognitive Impairment Progress to Alzheimer's Disease?
Over a 5-year period, 16% of elderly people developed mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and had double the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) than normals; however, 30% with MCI reverted to normal. -
Coffee Consumption and Mortality: Reanalyzing the Data
Regular ingestion of caffeine, either as coffee, tea or chocolate was followed in 2 large cohorts of men and women for more than two decades. When caffeine was consumed regularly, there was no increase in the overall mortality. Indeed, a modest benefit of caffeine consumption was noted on overall mortality and in particular death related to cardiovascular disorders. This effect was more pronounced in women. -
How Important IS Sex, Anyway?
Women who had sexual dysfunction that was believed to be a side effect of antidepressants were more likely to report improved sexual function if they were assigned to the sildenafil, rather than to the placebo arm of a placebo-controlled trial. -
Aliskiren and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets (Tektura®HCT)
The combination of the first direct renin inhibitor and hydrochlorothiazide was approved by the FDA this year for the treatment of hypertension. -
Clinical Briefs by Louis Kuritzky, MD
After skin cancer, prostate cancer (P-CA) is the most common cancer among American men. Despite the absence of major consensus group endorsement, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been sufficiently popular that in a 2003 report, ADT was employed second only to surgery for localized disease.