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More than half of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery and polysomnography had obstructive sleep apnea, which was associated with an increased risk of perioperative complications, including hypoxemia, ICU transfer, and prolonged length of stay.
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The 12-lead ECG shown above was obtained from a patient with new-onset chest pain. Where is the acute lesion likely to be?
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Attenuated CV Benefits of Clopidogrel in Diabetes; Is A1c Always the Best Game in Town to Monitor Type 2 Diabetes?
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Results of this year-long intervention trial suggest that an ethanolic extract of curcumin could, together with appropriate dietary and lifestyle changes, play a role in slowing the progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes.
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This paper updates the American Headache Society and American Academy of Neurology guidelines for prevention of episodic migraine that were previously published in 2000.
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Several commonly used photosensitizing antihypertensive drugs can confer as much as a four-fold increase in the risk of lip cancer when prescribed long-term in non-Hispanic whites.
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The FDA has approved a second oral drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). Teriflunomide, a metabolite of leflunomide and a pyrimidine synthesis inhibitor, is an immunomodulatory agent. It is marketed by Sanofi Aventis as Aubagio.
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Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, endemic only to the Americas. Most cases occur in tropical Central and South America, typically in impoverished communities that impinge upon the rural transmission cycle of this organism.
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In October 2011, GeoSentinel, the global surveillance program of the International Society of Travel Medicine, first reported on the initial findings in probable cases of sarcocystosis among travelers returning from Malaysia.
