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The symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome may occur after gastrointestinal infection in some individuals.
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Regardless of baseline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and statin therapy, additional strategies to increase HDL cholesterol should be evaluated in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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Overcoming the habit of nose picking may aid S. aureus decolonization strategies.
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Both overweight and normal-weight persons underestimated calorie content of large meals but not smaller meals. Since overweight persons ate larger size meals, they consumed more unnecessary calories.
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Among patients with NSTE ACS, an elevated troponin level identifies patients at increased acute risk regardless of CK-MB status, but an isolated CK-MB+ status has limited prognostic value.
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Three diets were studied replacing saturated fats with 1) a carbohydrate-rich diet, 2) a protein-rich diet, and 3) a diet rich in unsaturated fat (predominately monounsaturated fat).
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Although cigarette smoking is the primary risk factor for lung cancer (LCA), with similar amounts of smoking exposure some groups demonstrate greater incidence of LCA than others.
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The fda has approved the first non-injectable insulin for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes called Exubera®.
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The CDC recommends that QuantiFERON®-TB Gold (QFT-G) may be used in all circumstances in which the TST is currently used, including contact investigations, evaluation of recent immigrants, and sequential-testing surveillance programs for infection control (eg, those for health-care workers).
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Mean oral temperatures decline with age, ranging from 97.3°F at 6 am to 97.8°F at 10 pm in persons older than 65 years. The majority of both nursing home and community elderly have normal mean temperatures below 98.6°F.