Remember the days before sensitive serum pregnancy tests and 24-hour ultrasound availability? Remember performing a culdocentesis to determine if the patient was stable for discharge? I do, and I don't miss them.
In women, insomnia was not associated with increased risk of death, regardless of sleep duration. In men, mortality risk was significantly increased only in insomniacs who slept less than 6 hours and who were diabetic or hypertensive at baseline.
Although there are few studies that specifically look at the elderly, this review provides useful information on the diagnosis and treatment of acute exacerbation of COPD and chronic bronchitis.
Dietary pattern analysis of elderly subjects followed over at least 4 years showed lower risk for developing Alzheimer's disease when there was higher intake of nuts, fish, tomatoes, poultry, salad dressing, cruciferous vegetables, fruits, and dark and green leafy vegetables, along with lower intake of high-fat diary products, red meat, organ meat, and butter.
A third inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta-agonist combination has been approved by the FDA, joining currently marked combinations fluticasone/salmeterol (Advair Diskus®) and budesonide/formoterol (Symbicort®). Mometasone furoate and formoterol fumarate is marketed by Schering as Dulera®
Clinicians are increasingly presented with the tasks of addressing not only a burgeoning population of type 2 diabetics, but an equally voluminous group of prediabetics.
