Internal Medicine Alert – September 15, 2016
September 15, 2016
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Improving Blood Pressure Through Enhanced Sleep
The use of a benzodiazepine hypnotic among hypertensive patients was associated with improvements in both sleep scores and blood pressure.
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Predictive Accuracy of the New Risk Equation
In a large real-world population, the Pooled Cohort Risk Equation substantially overestimated five-year risk of cardiovascular events in adults without diabetes.
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Which Patients with TIA Are at High Risk for Recurrent Cerebral Vascular Events?
The objective of this study was to determine predictors of early recurrent cerebral vascular events among patients with transient ischemic attacks or minor stroke.
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Lifitegrast Ophthalmic Solution (Xiidra)
Lifitegrast is approved for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease.
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients; comparing ticagrelor against aspirin in stroke patients; and weighing the many type 2 diabetes treatments.
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Acute STEMI or False Alarm?