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The first new urate-lowering drug has been approved in more than 40 years.
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A prospective study of men and women showed that duration of sleep is correlated with coronary artery calcification with 1 hour more of sleep daily reducing the odds of calcification over 5 years by 33%.
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Utilizing genotyping for warfarin therapy in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation may not be cost-effective.
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Proton pump inhibitors given concomitantly with clopidogrel administered after acute myocardial infarction appear to diminish the beneficial effects of clopidogrel, thus increasing the risk of re-infarction.
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Evaluation of the clinical course of the 21,094 eligible U.S. male physicians in the Physicians' Health Study revealed that an elevated BMI in both pre-obese and obese subjects was associated with an increased risk of CHF and that vigorous physical activity was associated with a decreased risk of CHF.
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For persons aged 65 or older in the United States, congestive heart failure (CHF) remains the most common diagnosis for hospital admission.
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I recall rounding on the oncology ward as a medical student. The prognosis in those days was bad for nearly every patient. Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were expected to live less than one year. Adults with acute myeloblastic leukemia, less than three months. What a difference in the past three decades.
With longer survival, however, there are more patients presenting with life-threatening emergencies related to their treatment and tumor.
