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Labels on the 10 most frequently used herbs failed to adequately describe the ingredients, provide the correct dose of the herb, or were not interpretable by professional pharmacists.
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A second biological agent has been approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.
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TZDs and HF in People with Type 2 Diabetes; Exercise Plus Behavioral Management in Patients with AD; Spironolactone in Resistant HBP
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The ECG and rhythm strip in the Figure were obtained from an elderly woman admitted for an acute stroke. Her neurologic deficit was not progressing, and she was clinically stable at the time of admission to the hospital. No history of smoking. The computer interpreted her rhythm as atrial fibrillation. Do you agree? Should the patient be anticoagulated?
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In this study, fecal incontinence therapies, including standard care (advice), sphincter exercises, and computer-assisted biofeedback, all led to substantial improvements in continence, quality of life, psychological well being, and sphincter function with no evidence of superiority for biofeedback.
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Blood pressure reduction in the first 24 hours of stroke onset is independently associated with poor outcome after 3 months.
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Over a 5-year period, the incidence of developing sleep-disordered breathing (AHI > 5 events/hr) is about 37%, about 7% per year. With aging, male gender and body mass index (BMI) lose importance as risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea.
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A warfarin initiation nomogram that uses 10 mg as a starting dose achieves a therapeutic INR more rapidly than one using a 5-mg starting dose.
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Compared with abstention, consumption of 1-6 drinks weekly of alcoholic beverages was associated with a lower risk of dementia among adults older than 65 years.
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The FDA recently approved gefitinib, an inhibitor of tyrosine kinase activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor, for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer.
