Internal Medicine Alert – September 30, 2010
September 30, 2010
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The Real Cause of Dizziness in Elderly Patients
When complaints of dizziness in elderly patients were evaluated in primary care offices, the most common cause was cardiovascular disease, combined with contributions from adverse drug reactions. This contradicts many previous studies done in tertiary care settings where vertigo or vestibular disease was found to be the most common cause. -
Good News for Women (and Perhaps Their Doctors)
In women, insomnia was not associated with increased risk of death, regardless of sleep duration. In men, mortality risk was significantly increased only in insomniacs who slept less than 6 hours and who were diabetic or hypertensive at baseline. -
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Exacerbations of COPD and Chronic Bronchitis
Although there are few studies that specifically look at the elderly, this review provides useful information on the diagnosis and treatment of acute exacerbation of COPD and chronic bronchitis. -
Dietary Choices with Lower Alzheimer's Disease Risk
Dietary pattern analysis of elderly subjects followed over at least 4 years showed lower risk for developing Alzheimer's disease when there was higher intake of nuts, fish, tomatoes, poultry, salad dressing, cruciferous vegetables, fruits, and dark and green leafy vegetables, along with lower intake of high-fat diary products, red meat, organ meat, and butter. -
Mometasone Furoate and Formoterol Fumarate Inhalation Aerosol (Dulera®)
A third inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta-agonist combination has been approved by the FDA, joining currently marked combinations fluticasone/salmeterol (Advair Diskus®) and budesonide/formoterol (Symbicort®). Mometasone furoate and formoterol fumarate is marketed by Schering as Dulera® -
Clinical Briefs by Louis Kuritzky, MD
Clinicians are increasingly presented with the tasks of addressing not only a burgeoning population of type 2 diabetics, but an equally voluminous group of prediabetics.