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In the largest randomized dietary intervention trial conducted to date, a low-fat predominately carbohydrate diet resulted weight maintenance over 7.5 years in postmenopausal women compared with a control diet higher in fat.
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The use of a laxative, a digestive aid, and a surfactant leads to speedier recovery from partial small bowel obstruction with less need for surgery.
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Participants in the Framingham Heart Study who had low levels of cardiovascular risk factors in middle age had longer overall survival and less morbidity when followed to age 85. Control of risk factors may have a major influence on reaching older age in good health.
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The FDA has approved a new drug for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor and metastatic renal cell cancer. Sunitinib is an orally active, highly selective, multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The drug was given a priority review and was approved in less than 6 months. Sunitinib is marketed by Pfizer as Sutent®.
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Erectile Dysfunction and Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease; Oseltamivir Resistance during Influenza A Infection; Dietary Intake of Antioxidants and AMD
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Although aspirin (ASA), particularly low-dose ASA 81 mg/d (LD-ASA), is well established as an appropriate agent for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, recent results from the Women's Health Study (WHS) about the impact of ASA in primary prevention came as a surprise...
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A return to full normal activities, including work at 2 weeks, after AMI appears to be safe in patients who are stratified to a low-risk group.
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The number of previous acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECBs) and the baseline FEV1 level are potent prognostic factors of the short- and long-term outcomes of AECB.
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Itopride, a D2 dopamine agonist with anticholinesterase effects, was marginally superior to placebo in 'functional dyspepsia.'
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Visual hallucinations, extrapyramidal motor signs, and visuoconstructional impairments at time of presentation are strongly suggestive of a diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies.
