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Increase in Blood Glucose Concentration During Antihypertensive Treatment as a Predictor of Myocardial Infarction; Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care; Prevention of Hip Fracture by External Hip Protectors
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This study concludes that there may be a direct association between ischemia and the development of Alzheimers pathology (plaques and neurofibrillary tangles), or alternatively, ischemia may unmask otherwise mild cases of AD.
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The management of the obesity epidemic is complex, but there are some interventions that can be helpful.
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Although the phenomenon of cutaneous melanoma (CM) arising from melanocytic nevi (MN) is known, the transformation rate of MN into CM is not. Tsao and associates set out to calculate the rate, using published data and making some assumptions to ease the calculation.
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Noncompliance with treatment for latent tuberculosis can be monitored with the aid of a special urine test that checks for metabolites of isoniazid.
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The FDA has approved aprepitant for preventing both acute and delayed nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy.
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Influenza Vaccination and Reduction in Hospitalizations; Screening Men for Prostate and Colorectal Cancer; Weight Loss in CHF and Treatment with ACE-I
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The addition of eplerenone to optimal medical therapy reduces morbidity and mortality among patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure.
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Some patients seem to develop chronic irritable bowel syndrome following an episode of gastroenteritis, possibly based on excessive mucosal serotonin release.
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Direct-to-consumer marketing of helical computed tomography (CT) screening for older adult smokers is not advisable.
