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Constipation, Cardiovascular Disease, and the Connection
In postmenopausal women, constipation is associated with having major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and increased cardiovascular risk. -
Why You Should Outsource Your Weight Loss Treatment
Participation in Weight Watchers resulted in a greater weight loss over a year than did clinical intervention in a primary care office. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Eating out has increased in the general population, and is associated with increased body mass index. Indeed, United States data suggest that more than one-third of all daily calories are provided from restaurants. -
Crizotinib Capsules (Xalkori®)
A new orally effective targeted therapy for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been approved by the FDA. Crizotinib is a receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor including anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Abstract & Commentary: Patients/Surrogates Vastly Overrate Likelihood of Survival after Cardiac Arrest
Participants in this study were 100 patients/surrogates and their physicians in a 26-bed medical ICU located in an academic medical center. -
Abstract & Commentary: Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in theAbsence of Acute Lung Injury: A Study in Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients
Supported by robust data from numerous clinical trials, low-tidal-volume ventilation is now standard-of-care in managing patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). -
Critical Care Alert August 2011 Issue in PDF
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Abstract & Commentary: The Impact of Establishing a Regional Weaning Unit for Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Although most critically ill patients require only short periods of respiratory support, a minority require prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV). -
Pharmacology Watch: FDA issues Multiple Drug Warnings