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Using NHANES data from 2000 to 2004, researchers collected and analyzed information on urinary organophosphate pesticide metabolite levels and children with a diagnosis of ADHD, as well as ADHD subtypes. They found that children with higher levels of pesticide residue in their urine were more likely to have a diagnosis of ADHD.
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One hundred women with hot flashes, aged 45-55, were randomized to receive St. John's wort (SJW) or placebo for 8 weeks. At 4 weeks, the frequency and severity of the hot flashes were better in the treatment group than in the placebo group, whereas the duration of hot flashes was the same in both groups.
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Gillum and Holt assessed the prevalence of six infections by frequency of attendance at religious services. Although results varied by race/ethnicity and factors related to sexual and drug-use practices, there appeared to be lower prevalence among those attending more often.
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New reports about proton pump inhibitors and the effects of gastric suppression, pioglitazone vs vitamin E for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency, and FDA Actions
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Dietary added sugar and lipids; Underrecognition of adverse effects; Female sexual dysfunction in diabetes; Vitamin D from the sun or supplements?; Exenatide + rosiglita-zone added to metformin; Intensive BP control in diabetes
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This randomized, multicenter trial showed no differences in 28-day mortality in patients with shock who received either norepinephrine or dopamine, but did reveal a higher incidence of arrhythmia in the dopamine-treated group.
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Asymptomatic pulmonary embolism is quite common among patients with deep venous thrombosis. In many instances in these patients, the pulmonary emboli are located within the central pulmonary arteries.
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Bilateral absence of N20 responses in the setting of therapeutic hypothermia does not preclude neurologic recovery in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest.
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The presence of cerebral complications of infective endocarditis (IE) can affect diagnostic and treatment decisions. Thus, this group from Paris, France, evaluated whether early cerebral MRI would affect the diagnosis and management of hospitalized patients suspected of having IE.
