One in 25 older Americans, and almost 10% of older men, are at risk for serious health problems such as bleeding and muscle weakness because they take an unwise combination of medications; half the time a non-prescription medication is involved.
Peppermint oil, psyllium, and antispasmodics are all effective in the treatment of IBS.
Although colonoscopy is associated with reduced deaths from colorectal cancer, its effect seems to be limited to deaths from cancer developing in the left colon.
These investigators derived and validated a risk score that predicts incident kidney disease.
A new antiepileptic drug with a novel mechanism of action has been approved for the treatment of partial seizures.
JNC 7 is probably the consensus document most utilized by U.S. clinicians to make decisions about HTN.
On the next chart you pick up, the triage nurse has written, "Back pain, needs med refill." What is your honest reaction? Mine, too. But after evaluating the patient, sometimes I am embarrassed that my initial reaction was negative.
