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Clinical Cardiology Alert - Full June 2011 Issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Complications of ICD Replacements
The province of Ontario in Canada maintains a comprehensive database of all implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implants. -
Compliance with Antihypertensive Therapy
Hypertension is usually asymptomatic, so adherence to drug therapy is an issue, especially if the drugs used cause symptoms. -
Value of Myocardial Viability Testing in STICH
It is believed that returning blood flow to chronically ischemic but viable myocardium in patients with heart failure due to coronary artery disease will improve symptoms and reduce mortality. -
Dementia Occurs in Approximately 20% of Patients After a First Stroke
From 1985 to 2008, all first-ever strokes in the city of Dijon, France (150,000 inhabitants) were recorded, and among those patients who were testable (3201/3948 or 81%), 20.4% had post-stroke dementia. -
Text is Best? Cell Phone Use and Brain Changes
A small study of the effects of acute cell phone use on brain glucose metabolism revealed significant increases in areas near the location of a phone's antenna. The findings do not imply that cell phone use causes brain damage, only that the electromagnetic fields from them do cause changes in brain function. -
What Would You Do, Doc?
Physicians often do not choose the same clinical treatments for themselves as they would recommend to their patients. -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full May 29, 2011 Issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs by Louis Kuritzky, MD
Let's make this simple: vitamin d deficiency causes EVERYTHING.