A once-a-day dose of a valacyclovir reduces the rate of transmission of genital herpes (HSV-2) from an infected partner to an uninfected susceptible partner, according to a new study.
The telemetry rhythm strip shown in the Figure was obtained from a 67-year-old woman who presented with heart failure. A permanent pacemaker had been implanted a number of years earlier. How does the addition of a second simultaneously recorded lead help in your interpretation? How many findings can you identify on this two-lead telemetry tracing?
The meta-analysis by Vink and colleagues demonstrates that patients with either aortic or mitral valve replacement will benefit from high-intensity VKA therapy.
In heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients, rosuvastatin produced significantly greater reductions in LDL cholesterol, increases in HDL cholesterol, beneficial changes in other lipid values, and achievement of NCEP cholesterol goals than observed with equivalent doses of atorvastatin, with a similar adverse event profile.
Since the results of the Womens Health Initiative randomized trials, many fewer postmenopausal women are using estrogen to control hot flashes. Alternatives include progesterones, antidepressants in low doses, caffeine avoidance, exercise, phytoestrogens, and black cohosh.
Antihypertensive Treatment and Measurement at Home or in the Physicians Office; Inactivated Intranasal Influenza Vaccine and the Risk of Bells Palsy; Topiramate for Migraine Prevention
This brief, individual CBT intervention, developed specifically to alter hypochondriacal thinking and restructure hypochondriacal beliefs, appears to have significant beneficial long-term effects on the symptoms of hypochondriasis.
Elevated serum uric acid is a marker for cardiovascular mortality.
In patients with symptomatic nonerosive reflux disease, intermittent on-demand therapy with the PPI rabeprazole provided good symptom control with tablets taken on average approximately 1 day out of 4.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors decreased the number of defibrillation attempts needed and reduced hospitalization in patients with atrial fibrillation.
