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Use of risedronate in women 80 years and older reduced the incidence of vertebral fractures and was well tolerated.
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Maintaining INRs (International normalized ratios) between 2 and 3 is safer than INRs below 2, as suggested by some guidelines.
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Most neoplastic lesions are not detected either by Hemoccult screening or by multitarget analysis of fecal DNA. Nevertheless, the fecal DNA analysis was significantly more efficient than Hemoccult testing.
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Pharmacotherapy of hypertension has been much in the news in the last 2 months. Standard therapies such as atenolol have been challenged, while calcium channel antagonists may be making a comeback.
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Atenolol is unsuitable as a first-line drug in hypertension.
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A new agent has received expedited FDA approval for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis.
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There is little disagreement about the merit of treating frank hypothyroidism. Because of conflicting data, much less consensus exists about whether subclinical hypothyroidism (ie, elevated TSH levels with normal T4) should be treated. Since thyroid disorders increase with age, a population of advanced years is an appropriate group in which to evaluate this issue further.
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The rhythm strip shown in the figure was obtained from an elderly woman with a history of cardiomyopathy. She has a known history of bundle branch block (ie, RBBB). How would you interpret the rhythm?
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Keegan L, Keegan GT. Chemoprevention of colon cancer by vitamin D and calcium. Altern Ther Women's Health 2005;7(1):1-5.
