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  • Updates and Future Direction on Medical Uses for Probiotics

    The probiotic movement is rapidly growing and, although to date no probiotics have been approved by the FDA, they are actively marketed to the public as either foods or dietary supplements. It behooves the primary care physician to be familiar with the science, indications, and appropriate usage of probiotic therapies.
  • Clinical Briefs

    Johnston BC, et al. Comparison of weight loss among named diet programs in overweight and obese adults: A meta-analysis.
  • Pirfenidone Capsule (Esbriet®) and Nintedanib Capsules (Ofev®)

    The FDA has approved two drugs for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Pirfenidone is an antifibrotic agent and nintedanib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Both products were approved on a fast-track priority review, with orphan status and breakthrough designation. Pirfenidone is marketed by InterMune as Esbriet and nintedanib as Ofev by Boehringer Ingelheim.
  • Probiotic Supplementation Reduces Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

    This 150-day, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial (RCT) with 465 healthy adult volunteers (mean age 37 years old) was designed to examine the effects of probiotics on the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections (URTI).
  • Aspirin for the Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism

    Patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) are at high risk of recurrence after discontinuation of vitamin K antagonist (such as warfarin) therapy, with an approximately 10% risk of recurrence within the first year and 5% risk per year thereafter.
  • When to Order a Sleep Study and How to Read the Report: Part II

    Understanding the information provided in a sleep study report and knowing how to use it is crucial for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. The combined information from the sleep history and the sleep report allows diagnosis of all sleep disorders.
  • Pharmacology Watch: High-Dose Rofecoxib Confirmed Prothrombotic, Study Shows

    Debate over the cardiovascular effects of COX-2 inhibitors has raged for more than a year since a special communication was published in JAMA last August suggesting an increase in cardiovascular events with rofecoxib (Vioxx). Now a large retrospect, the cohort study from the Tennessee Medicaid program seems to confirm the prothrombotic effects of rofecoxib, at least in high dose.
  • Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement

    MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of Antioxidant Vitamin Supplementation in 20,536 High-Risk Individuals; Prolonged Erections Produced by Dihydrocodeine & Sildenafil; Effect of Magnesium Supplementation of Blood Pressure; Homocysteine-Lowering Therapy with Folic Acid, Vitamins, and Clinical Outcome after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Effect of Cataract Surgery on Motor Vehicle Accidents in Older Adults; Inflammatory Biomarkers, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease
  • ‘Mad Deer Disease’: Another Reason to Become a Vegetarian?

    The emergence of chronic wasting disease, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in North American cervids, raises concern about potential transmission to humans, as has occurred elsewhere with bovine spongiform encephalopathy and vCJD.
  • Do Statins Really Cause Muscle Symptoms?

    Phillips et al have demonstrated that increasing muscular aches and pains often associated with decreased exercise tolerance may, in fact, be due to statin therapy even in patients with normal CPK determinations.