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The most recent advice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (2005) recommends that the general population of adults not consume > 2300 mg/day of sodium, and that persons with hypertension (HTN) consume ≤ 1500 mg/day.
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A decision analysis shows that active surveillance is a good option for men age 65 and older with low-risk prostate cancer (Gleason score of 6 or less). Active surveillance results in the highest quality-of-life scores compared with different treatment options, and 61% of these men will go on to treatment after a median of 8.5 years, with a slight increased mortality risk. Only 10% of men currently receive active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer
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The ECG shown above was obtained from an older man with palpitations. He was hemodynamically stable with a systolic BP of 140 mm Hg at the time this tracing was recorded. How do you interpret the rhythm? What are your initial priorities?
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Tiotropium for uncontrolled asthma, sibutramine pulled from market, incidence and mortality data from WHI, FDA Actions
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Easily obtained clinical variables can identify patients at very low risk for subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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Clinical predictors of mortality in Parkinson's disease include age at onset, chronological age, male sex, motor severity, psychosis, and dementia
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New research shows that despite nearly three decades of safe sex and clean needle messages and HIV prevention work, a large proportion of people at risk for HIV infection continue to engage in high-risk behaviors.
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A new model HIV/AIDS prevention program uses a group skills-building and peer-group led model to build on HIV clinicians' risk reduction messages to disadvantaged women who are HIV positive.
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AIDS Alert asked Mark Ishaug, president and chief executive officer of the newly-formed AIDS United of Washington, DC, to discuss why the National AIDS Fund and the national policy advocacy group AIDS Action merged and what this will mean for people living with HIV/AIDS and the clinicians providing their care. His answers are presented below in a question-and-answer (Q&A) format.
