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The emergence of chronic wasting disease, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in North American cervids, raises concern about potential transmission to humans, as has occurred elsewhere with bovine spongiform encephalopathy and vCJD.
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Phillips et al have demonstrated that increasing muscular aches and pains often associated with decreased exercise tolerance may, in fact, be due to statin therapy even in patients with normal CPK determinations.
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This randomized controlled study compared surgery vs nocturnal wrist splints in 176 patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Although several other studies have examined the relationship between analgesic use and blood pressure, this report from the Nurses Health Study is the first prospective look at all 3 classes of over-the-counter analgesics.
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The FDA has approved Ezetimibe, the first drug in a new class of cholesterol-lowering medications.
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Effects of Losartan on Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Isolated Systolic Hypertension and LVH; Increase in Nocturnal Blood Pressure and Progression to Microalbuminuria in Type 1 Diabetes; HRT, Lipid, and Glucose Metabolism in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Postmenopausal Women
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The significance of periprocedural myocardial injury in the context of coronary stenting, while sometimes referred to by euphemisms such as enzyme leak, infarctlet, or coronet, should not be underestimated.
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Beta-blockers are contraindicated in patients with decompensated heart failure, but physicians are often reluctant to prescribe them for class IV heart failure, even when the patient has been stabilized on diuretics, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), and other agents.
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Abnormalities of diastolic left ventricular function are recognized to be an important aspect of cardiovascular health in a variety of patients.
