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The ECG shown above was interpreted as essentially "normal," showing nothing more than minimal nonspecific ST-T wave changes. Do you agree?
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Unless there is another overt cause, such as occupational exposure to toxic inhalants, we generally expect chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be secondary to cigarette smoking.
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Regular coffee consumption is associated with a prominent decrease in fatal or metastatic prostate cancer.
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A large cohort study in Denmark showed that patients with a previous myocardial infarction (MI) who took any NSAID had an increased risk of death or a recurrent MI. The greater the use of an NSAID, the greater the risk.
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The April 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine contains two articles on boceprevir, a new designer molecule that has demonstrated a dramatic improvement in outcomes for patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C.
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Basically, people now feel nothing is safe to eat. They don't know what choices to make.
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On Feb. 15, 2011, a 30-month-old U.S.-born child of Somali descent developed a skin rash 14 days after returning from a trip to Kenya and 1 day after visiting a child care center.
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In this issue: Calcium supplements and MI; birth control pills and VTE; ACE inhibitors and breast cancer risk; spending on pharmaceuticals; and FDA actions.
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Uldrick et al performed a pilot study in which 14 HIV-infected patients with symptomatic MCD received high-dose AZT (600 mg PO Q6 hours) and VGC (900 mg PO Q12 hours).