Internal Medicine Alert – February 28, 2009
February 28, 2009
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Should Vitamin D Measurement Be Routine in All Cardiovascular Disease Patients?
Hypovitaminosis D was found to be highly prevalent in U.S. adults with CVD, particularly those with both coronary heart disease and heart failure. -
Asleep at the Wheel
Use of the benzodiazepine-like hypnotics (z-hypnotics), zolpidem and zopiclone, is associated with an increased risk of crash, particularly in young people. -
B12 and Canker Sores
Vitamin B12 was effective in the treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis. -
Milnacipran HCl Tablets (Savella™)
The FDA has approved another selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor for the management of fibromyalgia (FM). -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Actinic keratoses (AK) areat bestprecancerous skin lesions, and at worst (a belief held by many leaders in the skin cancer field), skin carcinoma in situ.