-
-
Increased iron stores (eg, ferritin levels) are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in women.
-
Shared pathophysiologic mechanisms for migraine, neuropathic pain, and epilepsy underscore the notion that antiepileptic drugs (AED) should be standard treatment for the former. Five new AEDs and their use in these nonepileptic painful disorders are summarized.
-
Use of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Evaluation and Management of
Acute Dyspnea; Association Between C-Reactive Protein and Age-Related Macular Degeneration; VZV Reactivation in Astronauts
-
New guidelines for the treatment of bacterial rhinosinusitis were published in the January supplement of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery by the Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership.
-
The first of a class of calcimimetics has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of hyperparathyroidism associated with renal failure and in patients with parathyroid cancer.
-
-
Although beta-blockers are known to reduce the sensitivity of exercise and dobutamine sestamibi SPECT imaging for the detection of coronary artery disease, little is known about their effects on vasodilator stress scintigraphy. Thus, Taillefer and colleagues studied 21 patients with catheter proven coronary artery disease during 3 different treatments on different days assigned in a random fashion.
-
This widely publicized small trial has catapulted the mutant form of ApoA-1 Milano into the limelight. Many investigators have been working with this interesting lipoprotein since it was discovered in the 1980s that 38 carriers from a small village in Northern Italy have very low HDL levels but very little vascular disease.
-
In this paper, Oral and colleagues compared 2 current ablation techniques in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.