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Six ways to minimize your risk in lawsuits
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Patients who get follow-up care from a nurse after heart bypass surgery are more likely to control cholesterol and reduce the risk of further disease, according to a study from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore.
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Brachytherapy is an effective modality for treatment of breast cancer, according to a study presented at the fall meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology
and Oncology.
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Park and colleagues have noted adverse lipid profiles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since inflammation may be associated with atherosclerosis, Park et al sought to determine the effects of treating RA with antirheumatic drugs on the abnormal lipid levels.
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Silverman and colleagues used the emergency departments in 8 hospitals to assess the role of MgSO4 in acute asthma in a sizeable number of patients (n = 248).
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A new aldosterone receptor antagonist has been approved by the FDA. Eplereone, a selective aldosterone receptor antagonist, is the first approval in this class since the introduction of spironolactone close to 3 decades earlier.
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Daily vitamin E and multivitamin-mineral supplementation and acute RTI in elderly persons; B-Type natriuretic peptide levels and outcome in patients with heart failure; influence of companions during primary care medical encounters
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This cohort study prospectively compared the rate of change in the amount of coronary calcification before and after lipid-lowering therapy with the cholesterol synthesis enzyme inhibitor cerivastatin.
