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A case-control study of women in the Nurses Health Study Cohort showed that lower melatonin secretion is independently associated with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. There is a physiologic basis for this finding since melatonin has a role in glucose metabolism and lack of melatonin is associated with increased insulin resistance.
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How do we involve patients in decisions about their health care? This study from the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation attempts to answer the question using the results of a survey conducted between 2010 and 2011 with a probability sample from across the United States.
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The FDA has approved paroxetine for the treatment of hot flashes (vasomotor symptoms) in postmenopausal women.
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In a large population of Caucasian women participating in the Womens Health Initiative Observational Study, those who used aspirin had a significantly lower risk of melanoma and increased duration of use was associated with incrementally greater protection.
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More patients who received a preventive medicine intervention also had their physician receive the corresponding preventive intervention.
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Uncomplicated cellulitis, defined as cellulitis without abscess, is most often caused by streptococci.
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The ECG shown above was obtained from an acutely ill but alert and hemodynamically stable patient. How certain are you that the rhythm is ventricular tachycardia (VT)? Might there be another explanation if the patient in question was a young adult with renal disease and diabetes?
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The majority of patients with advanced cancer have decisional capacity at the time of their terminal hospitalization but lose that capacity before having an end-of-life discussion.
