Internal Medicine Alert – March 30, 2009
March 30, 2009
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Sleep to Your Heart's Content
A prospective study of men and women showed that duration of sleep is correlated with coronary artery calcification with 1 hour more of sleep daily reducing the odds of calcification over 5 years by 33%. -
Gene-based Medicine - Prime Time Yet?
Utilizing genotyping for warfarin therapy in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation may not be cost-effective. -
Proton Pump Inhibitors and Clopidogrel
Proton pump inhibitors given concomitantly with clopidogrel administered after acute myocardial infarction appear to diminish the beneficial effects of clopidogrel, thus increasing the risk of re-infarction. -
Effects of Body Mass Index and Exercise on Risk of Heart Failure
Evaluation of the clinical course of the 21,094 eligible U.S. male physicians in the Physicians' Health Study revealed that an elevated BMI in both pre-obese and obese subjects was associated with an increased risk of CHF and that vigorous physical activity was associated with a decreased risk of CHF. -
Febuxostat Tablets (Uloric®)
The first new urate-lowering drug has been approved in more than 40 years. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
For persons aged 65 or older in the United States, congestive heart failure (CHF) remains the most common diagnosis for hospital admission.