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A review of 79 clinical trials involving diet plus medications for treating obesity with BMI > 27 found modest weight loss at 1 year with sibutramine, orlistat, phentermine, bupropion, and topiramate when compared to placebo pills, and probably also for diethylpropion and fluoxetine.
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The 12-lead ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 75-year-old woman who presented with shortness of breath but no chest pain. There is complete RBBB (right bundle branch block). What else do you see? In view of this clinical presentation, what should you be concerned about?
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A new study from England defines acute lower respiratory tract infection as an uncomplicated acute illness, with cough as the primary symptom and at least one symptom or sign localized to the lower respiratory tract including sputum, chest pain, dyspnea, or wheeze.
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Blask DE. Melatonin: Chronobiological and chronopharmacological role in cancer prevention and treatment. Altern Med Alert 2005;8(10):109-113.
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Bonakdar RA, Leopold DC, Weiss D. Bosewllia serrata for inflammatory conditions. Altern Med Alert 2005;8(10):114-118.
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Greenfield RH. An OK for MSM for osteoarthritis. Altern Med Alert 2005;8(10):118-119.
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Greenfield RH. Big Pharma--Sounding the alarm(a). Altern Med Alert 2005;8(10):119.
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A evidence review conducted in 2004 by health and human services' (HHS) agency for healthcare research and quality found that melatonin supplements, which people often take for problems sleeping, appear to be safe when used over a period of days or weeks, at relatively high doses and in various formulations.
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Claims that melatonin can slow or reverse aging are very far from proven. Studies of melatonin have been much too limited to support these claims and have focused on animals, not people.
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