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Guidelines for prediabetes from The American College of Endocrinology; statins for the prevention of dementia? Possible help for women suffering from sexual side effects while on antidepressants; government incentives for electronic prescribing; FDA Actions.
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A few years ago, cardiac stress testing would not have been an important subject for emergency physicians. With the growth of observation units run by emergency physicians, however, more of us are ordering these tests and then acting on the results.
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After skin cancer, prostate cancer (P-CA) is the most common cancer among American men. Despite the absence of major consensus group endorsement, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been sufficiently popular that in a 2003 report, ADT was employed second only to surgery for localized disease.
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The combination of the first direct renin inhibitor and hydrochlorothiazide was approved by the FDA this year for the treatment of hypertension.
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Women who had sexual dysfunction that was believed to be a side effect of antidepressants were more likely to report improved sexual function if they were assigned to the sildenafil, rather than to the placebo arm of a placebo-controlled trial.
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Regular ingestion of caffeine, either as coffee, tea or chocolate was followed in 2 large cohorts of men and women for more than two decades. When caffeine was consumed regularly, there was no increase in the overall mortality. Indeed, a modest benefit of caffeine consumption was noted on overall mortality and in particular death related to cardiovascular disorders. This effect was more pronounced in women.
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Women who do not take supplemental calcium frequently need more education, and state they would be positively influenced by their physician's recommendations.
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