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Greenfield RH. Electric blanket use and breast cancer. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(12):144.
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Sleepiness, obesity, hypertension, witnessed apneas, and frequent snoring are prevalent in the general population; demand for diagnostic and treatment services for sleep apnea is likely to skyrocket.
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More than 90% of individuals studied maintain measurable humoral or T-cell-mediated immunity against vaccinia virus for as long as 75 years after smallpox vaccination.
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Like patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and total knee replacements, EM of hospitalized patients with CAP reduces overall hospital length of stay and institutional resources without increasing the risk of adverse outcomes.
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The new criterion for FPG will identify many more individuals who are at risk for developing diabetes.
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The FDA has approved the first of a new class of antibiotics for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections. Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide that is active against Gram-positive bacteria.
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St Johns Wort and Drug Interactions; Serum Potassium and Stroke Risk Among Hypertensive Adults; Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Practices Among Siblings of Patients with Melanoma
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The FDA has approved Pfizer's eplerenone (Inspra) for the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) in patients who have sustained a myocardial infarction.
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In this report, Higgins and colleagues report on a multicenter trial on the efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with an indication for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
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In this study, Blackshear and colleagues report on their experience with thoracoscopic surgical techniques to close the left atrial appendage as prophylaxis against stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
