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NTDs are a group of infectious diseases that are common among the world's poorest people.
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These three papers and an accompanying editorial1 in a recent issue of the Journal of Travel Medicine form a mini-symposium on pediatric travel medicine. Each gives a glimpse of problems experienced by children traveling internationally and nicely contributes to the limited literature on this topic.
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In this issue: Side effects of statins; effects of cannabis use; antihypertensives and lip cancer; and FDA actions.
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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are frequently encountered in clinical medicine. According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 2.8 million infections with Chlamydia trachomatis1 and 700,000 infections with Neisseria gonorrhea2 occur annually in the United States. Viral sexually transmitted diseases are frequently incurable, so prevalence data are a better measure of the overall burden of disease.
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People using oral bisphosphonates for the first time may be at a higher risk of developing ocular inflammatory adverse events such as scleritis and uveitis.
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While regular exercise is beneficial to overall health, repeated long-term endurance exercise — such as marathons, ultramarathons, ironman triathlons, and long-distance bicycle racing — may cause myocardial scarring and increase the risk of serious arrythmias, coronary artery calcification, diastolic dysfunction, and large-artery wall stiffening.
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Clinical Briefs: Another Look at Bleeding Risk from Aspirin; Can Aspirin Prevent Recurrence of Thromboembolism?; A New Approach to Tinnitus
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THE FDA HAS APPROVED THE FIRST NEW WEIGHT LOSS DRUG in more than a decade.
