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Evaluation of a large United Kingdom (UK) database supports a dose-related association with hip fracture. There appears to be a correlation between PPI use, including dosage and chronicity, and occurrence of hip fractures in patients over age 50.
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This study addresses the role of nutritional status in the disablement process. Low serum concentrations of vitamins B6, B12 and selenium seem to predict subsequent disability in activities of daily living (ADLs) in older women living in the community.
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Because of adverse effects, special care should be used when prescribing the atypical antipsychotic drugs for patients with dementia.
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Lyytinen and colleagues from Helsinki reported the results of a cohort study assessing the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal Finnish women using oral, transdermal, and vaginal estrogen products containing either estradiol or estriol.
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Ravdin and colleagues from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center reported a 7% decrease (14,000 fewer cases) in the incidence of breast cancer in 9 regions of the U.S. in 2003.
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Herbal Supplements to Treat Vasomotor Symptoms; Bisphosphonates to Treat LBD, After 5 Years?; FDA Actions
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The investigators enticed 14 male surgeons and 16 male physicians (internal medicine and sub-specialists) to submit recent photographs of themselves to the investigators and to indicate how tall they were.
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These Iranian investigators randomized treatment of 108 patients with unruptured ectopic pregnancy to either a single dose protocol or a multiple dose protocol. The single dose regimen was successful in 48/54 cases (88.9%), while 92.6% (50/54) patients responded to the multiple-dose regimen.
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Women with pathogenic mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are known to be at substantially higher lifetime risk for ovarian and breast cancer than the general population. The degree to which reproductive factors affect this risk has been estimated but is limited by studies of small sample size or faulty methodology.