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The association of caffeine and nicotine in pharmaceutical products and aneurysmal SAH warrants further study.
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The low-carbohydrate diet produced a greater weight loss than did the conventional diet for the first 6 months, but the differences were not significant at 1 year.
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Peripheral arterial disease is common. Screening with measurement of the ankle-brachial index will improve detection.
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Only about 12% of patients with new onset atrial fibrillation who did not have apparent contraindications to warfarin treatment filled prescriptions for it.
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A Strategy to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease by More Than 80 Percent; Pearly Penile Papules: Still No Reason for Uneasiness; The Epidemiology of Major Depressive Disorder
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Jneid and associates critically analyzed the results of the Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent Events (CURE) study and several other antiplatelet trials to provide guidance to the physician regarding the use of aspirin and/or clopidogrel in patients with ACS.
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Serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing is frequently used in early detection programs for prostate cancer. While PSA testing has resulted in an increase in prostate cancer detection, its routine use has been questioned because of a lack of specificity. The objective of this study was to determine whether year-to-year fluctuations in prostate-specific antigen levels are due to natural variation and render a single PSA test result unreliable.
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The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 57-year-old woman with palpitations. Is there a short run of VT (ventricular tachycardia) in lead V1? What else may be wrong with the tracing?
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Metformin and Thiazolidinedione Use in Medicare Patients with Heart Failure; Alcohol Consumption Patterns and Biologic Markers of Glycemic Control Among 459 Women; Azelaic Acid Gel as a New Treatment for Papulopustular Rosacea
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The FDA has approved Genentechs omalizumab, the first biotechnology drug for the treatment of asthma.