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Daily vitamin E and multivitamin-mineral supplementation and acute RTI in elderly persons; B-Type natriuretic peptide levels and outcome in patients with heart failure; influence of companions during primary care medical encounters
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A new aldosterone receptor antagonist has been approved by the FDA. Eplereone, a selective aldosterone receptor antagonist, is the first approval in this class since the introduction of spironolactone close to 3 decades earlier.
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Silverman and colleagues used the emergency departments in 8 hospitals to assess the role of MgSO4 in acute asthma in a sizeable number of patients (n = 248).
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Park and colleagues have noted adverse lipid profiles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since inflammation may be associated with atherosclerosis, Park et al sought to determine the effects of treating RA with antirheumatic drugs on the abnormal lipid levels.
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Two recent publications cover common issues pertinent to travelers. There is a new way to expedite the diagnosis and treatment of myiasis, which is reviewed here. Included is also a synopsis of an illustrative article to make available to those who give advice to travelers regarding health care abroad.
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Although Japanese encephalitis rarely occurs in travelers, certain groups and subsets of individuals have a risk of infection that can reach 1 in 5000 travelers per week. It is crucial to recognize those with increased risk, and to seriously consider immunizing them in order to prevent the potentially devastating sequelae of Japanese encephalitis.
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Three new sites were announced last month by the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium of the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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New data from India and other countries, though still preliminary, show a strong cause-and-effect relationship between tobacco used and TB disease and death, an Indian researcher says.
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