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In spite of institutional education regarding appropriate use of prophylactic antibiotics, compliance was achieved only when hospital protocols that mandated specific antibiotic use were implemented.
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Although anemia was predictive of adverse outcomes in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, red blood cell transfusion was also associated with an increased risk of death, severe disability or delayed infarction. These results call into question the practice of liberal transfusion thresholds in patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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Some women with DVT may stop warfarin after six months; Vytorin and cancer; preventing recurrent stroke; and FDA news.
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Back pain is a ubiquitous complaint in the primary care setting. The evaluation and management of these patients varies based on several risk factors for serious disease called the red flags of back pain.
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Goal: To explore via fMRI the neuronal pathways potentially involved in acupuncture's effects on salivary flow.
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 states: "Compared with the many people who consume a dietary pattern with only small amounts of fruits and vegetables, those who eat more generous amounts as part of a healthful diet are likely to have reduced risk of chronic diseases, including stroke and perhaps other cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and cancers in certain sites [oral cavity and pharynx, larynx, lung, esophagus, stomach, and colon-rectum]. Diets rich in foods containing fiber, such as fruits, ... may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease."
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Lifestyle changes plus red yeast rice and fish oil resulted in similar beneficial effects on LDL cholesterol as moderate-dose statin therapy in patients meeting criteria for drug therapy for high LDL cholesterol.