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Exercise, both aerobic as well as stretching and strengthening, improves motor function and gait in patients with Parkinsons disease.
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A second ezetimbe/statin combination has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. Ezetimibe is now combined with atorvastatin and is marketed by Merck & Co. as Liptruzet.
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Whats the Durability of Lifestyle Change in Type 2 Diabetes?; Perimenstrual Asthma: A High-Risk Phenotype; Risk of New Onset Diabetes with Statins
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A strategy of annual screening of blood pressure was as sensitive and more specific than the usual practice of measuring it at every office visit.
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Bacteria were present on the cell phones of all hospital clinicians studied, with potentially pathogenic microorganisms isolated from 29% of them. Contamination with pathogens was found more commonly with smart phones than with non-smart phones, and by multivariable analysis no other factor was associated with this difference.
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Dyspepsia represents a common yet nebulous symptom complex encountered in the daily clinical practice of primary care physicians, and it is frequently used synonymously with many different sets of symptoms marked by the presence of upper abdominal pain or discomfort.
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Scaphoid fractures are by far the most frequent bony injuries of the wrist in both pediatric and adult patients. The peak incidence is in adolescence, around 15 years of age.
Skiers thumb is an acute injury to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) caused by forced abduction and hyperextension of the thumb; frequently it is associated with any sport that involves grasping a pole, such as skiing, hockey, lacrosse, or pole vaulting.
Bennett fractures are fractures of the first metacarpal, with the fracture line extending from the base of the metacarpal (MC) to the CMC joint. Bennett fractures are the most common thumb MC fractures. Involvement of the CMC makes this fracture unstable.
A Rolando fracture is defined as a comminuted fracture of the base of the thumb metacarpal. The mechanism of a Rolando fracture is most often simultaneous hyperextension and hyperabduction. This fracture type is typically unstable and occurs less commonly than a Bennett fracture in the pediatric population.
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The purpose of this article is to review procedures and therapies used in the difficult, life-threatening clinical circumstances. The authors review five procedures that are rarely used in extreme situations.
