Internal Medicine Alert – March 15, 2004
March 15, 2004
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Ironing Out the Risk Factors for Diabetes
Increased iron stores (eg, ferritin levels) are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in women. -
Assessment of Esophageal Motor Function in Patients with Dysphagia or Chest Pain
This report from multiple cooperating centers describes findings in 403 patients who presented with dysphagia and 140 patients with noncardiac chest pain and 44 patients with both symptoms on presentation. -
Overview of Newer Antiepileptic Drugs for Neuropathic Pain and Migraine
Shared pathophysiologic mechanisms for migraine, neuropathic pain, and epilepsy underscore the notion that antiepileptic drugs (AED) should be standard treatment for the former. Five new AEDs and their use in these nonepileptic painful disorders are summarized. -
Can We Reduce the Incidence of Diabetes by Increasing the Intake of Dietary Magnesium?
This report by Song and colleagues used a validated food frequency questionnaire in 39,345 women from the Womens Health Study. -
Pharmacology Update: Estradiol/Levonorgestrel Transdermal System (Climara ProTM)
The FDA has approved the first once-a-week combined hormone therapy for postmenopausal symptoms. -
Clinical Briefs
Use of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Evaluation and Management of Acute Dyspnea; Association Between C-Reactive Protein and Age-Related Macular Degeneration; VZV Reactivation in Astronauts -
ECG Review: What Would You Ask the Technician?
How would you interpret the 12-lead ECG shown in the Figure? What is distinctly unusual about this tracing? What would you ask the technician who recorded this tracing? -
Pharmacology Watch: Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership Releases New Guidelines for Treatment of Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
New guidelines for the treatment of bacterial rhinosinusitis were published in the January supplement of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery by the Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership.