Internal Medicine Alert – September 30, 2009
September 30, 2009
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Less Is More
Imaging procedures are an important source of exposure to ionizing radiation in the United States and can result in high cumulative effective doses of radiation. -
Throw Away Those Vitamins — They May Be Harmful to Your Health
Vitamin C supplementation prevents increases in endurance capacity and maximum oxygen uptake, because it prevents some cellular adaptations to exercise. -
Can the Internet Control Your Patients' Asthma?
Internet-based self-management resulted in improvements in asthma control and lung function with resultant increases in the number of symptom-free days. However, this did not significantly reduce exacerbation rates. -
Saxagliptin Tablets (Onglyza™)
The second competitive, reversible dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor has been approved by the FDA for the treatment type 2 diabetes mellitus. -
Clinical Briefs by Louis Kuritzky, MD
Most colorectal cancers overexpress cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2). Primary prevention with aspirin (ASA) is associated with reduced risk for colon cancer and colonic adenoma.