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Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is the standard bridging therapy for patients with mechanical heart valves who need to temporarily stop oral anticoagulants. Small case series have suggested that low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) may be useful for this purpose.
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Terminally ill cancer patients who had end-of-life discussions with their physician had better quality of life during their last week, and their caregivers had an easier bereavement.
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You are working one evening, and the EMS dispatch center calls. The ambulance is bringing in a 35-year-old male motor vehicle collision victim who is unresponsive and has a BP of 80 palpable. So, what happens next in your emergency department? Who do you assemble? What equipment do you gather? Do you call the blood bank and the operating room?
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Leaders of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) joined with leaders of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes to reconsider the treatment strategy for patients with Type 2 diabetes.
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The available results from three ezetimibe/simvastatin trials did not provide credible evidence of any adverse effects of ezetimibe on the rate of cancer association with ezetimibe administration at the present time.
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Colesevelam is a bile-sequestering agent approved in 2000 for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. It has recently been shown to be effective as add-on therapy for Type 2 diabetics.
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5-α reductase inhibitors and hip fracture in men; the effects of drug-reimbursement policy on outcomes; new guidelines for type 2 diabetes; beta-blocker-associated brady-cardia is linked to CVD events; FDA Updates.
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Women who had low serum 25(OH) vitamin D concentrations were observed to have a higher hip fracture risk independent of other factors.
