Internal Medicine Alert – March 15, 2013
March 15, 2013
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Tennis Elbow, Anyone?
Neither physical therapy nor steroid injection improved primary outcomes of tennis elbow at 1 year; in fact, steroid injection was associated with worse outcome. Physical therapy was associated with some improvement in short-term outcomes and secondary measures. -
Does Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?
After 4 years, the intensive lifestyle intervention resulted in a greater likelihood of partial remission of type 2 diabetes. -
Lowering Blood Pressure but Raising the Risk of Hip Fracture
The risk of hip fracture goes up for about 6 weeks immediately after older people start taking antihypertensives. -
Pharmacology Update: Bedaquiline Tablets (Sirturo)
The FDA has approved bedaquiline, a first in class drug for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Peripheral Artery Disease: Helping Patients to Walk the Walk; Long-Term Functional Outcomes After Localized Prostate Cancer Treatment; A Relationship Between Nocturia and Hypertension -
Pharmacology Watch: Aspirin Use and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Aspirin use and AMD risk; using NSAIDs and antihypertensive agents; and FDA actions. -
ECG Review: What Rhythm? What Artery?
The 12-lead ECG and lead II rhythm strip shown above were obtained from a 55-year-old man with chest pressure.