Internal Medicine Alert – July 30, 2017
July 30, 2017
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Early Hot Flashes Could Signal Increased Risk for Heart Disease
Women 42-55 years of age who experience hot flashes are more likely to exhibit poor vascular function.
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Glucose Self-monitoring May Not Be That Useful
Researchers could not find any statistically significant differences in glycemic control or health-related quality of life between patients who performed glucose self-monitoring compared with those who did not.
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Possible Benefit From Pharmaceutical-grade Chondroitin on Knee Osteoarthritis
The authors of a European study found a statistically significant and clinically marginally significant reduction in pain at three and six months in patients taking pharmaceutical-grade chondroitin sulfate for knee osteoarthritis.
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Sarilumab Injection (Kevzara)
Sarilumab is indicated for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have demonstrated an inadequate response or intolerance to one or more disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: Use caution with a nocturia treatment; an analysis of a cellulitis remedy; and handling influenza patients.