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Patients in an internal medicine outpatient clinic overwhelmingly preferred both male and female doctors in professional attire with a white coat, and were more willing to share their personal history with them.
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The majority of chronic stable coronary artery disease patients given 75 mg of EC aspirin daily have adequate inhibition of COX, but younger, heavier, and post MI patients may not.
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Imiquimod is safe and effective in the treatment of actinic keratoses.
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A meta-analysis comparing percutaneous balloon angioplasty alone vs coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) demonstrated no significant differences in mortality and nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) however, a statistically significant benefit in terms of survival in favor of surgery1 was noted.
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A new injectable diabetes medication in the family of incretin mimetic drugs has been shown to be as effective as insulin in controlling average blood sugars in Type 2 diabetics who are difficult to control on oral medications, without as much associated weight gain.
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Doxycycline Hyclate 20 mg Tablets and Metronidazole 0.75% Topical Lotion in the Treatment of Rosacea; Left Atrial Radiofrequency Ablation During Mitral Valve Surgery for Continuous Atrial Fibrillation; Comorbid Depression with Mortality in Patients with DM
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Cola consumption, but not caffeine per se, was associated with increased risk of developing hypertension over a 12-year period.
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Only minimal differences in efficacy for treatment of major depressive disorders were found when SSRIs and 4 other 2nd generation antidepressants were compared to each other in randomized controlled trials, and almost all of the trials were sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.
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Sustained release bupropion treatment is an efficacious aid to smoking cessation for patients at risk for and with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Esomeprazole 20 mg and 40 mg daily improve upper GI symptoms occurring during NSAID therapy including selective COX-2 inhibitors.
