Internal Medicine Alert – January 15, 2014

January 15, 2014

• Effect of Obesity on Atrial Fibrillation

  Weight reduction with intensive risk factor management resulted in a reduction in atrial fibrillation symptom burden and severity, and in beneficial cardiac remodeling.

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• Exercise and the Elderly: You are Never too Old to Pump it Up!

  Poor fitness in the elderly can lead to serious consequences. This study showed that resistance training improved agility, lower limb strength, balance, and flexibility in a group of Alzheimer's disease patients.

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• Yoga Improves Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

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• Drug-resistant E. coli in Women with Acute Cystitis in Canada

  A total of 330 family physicians assessed 752 women with suspected acute cystitis between 2009 and 2011 in Canada. Physicians documented clinical features and collected urine for cultures for 430 (57.2%) women. The proportion of TMP-SMX-resistant Escherichia coli was 16.0% nationally.

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• Pharmacology Update: Simeprevir Capsules (Olysio™)

  A second-generation, non-structure protein (ns3/4a) protease inhibitor has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection.

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• Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky

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• ECG Review: AV Block or Escape?

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