Zolpidem and risk of falls; AVR and anticoagulation; statins in cancer patients; and FDA actions.
The 12-lead ECG shown above was obtained from a 50-year-old man with new-onset chest pain. Is this ECG likely to represent a benign early repolarization pattern or the early stage of acute anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)?
Aspirin therapy, as compared with placebo, significantly reduced the rate of major vascular events with improved net clinical benefit and also reduced the rate of recurrent venous thromboembolism.
Does Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Pay Off?; Surgical Treatment of Diabetes; Benefits and Consequences of Aldosterone Antagonists for HF
The author reviewed the strategies of predicting and preventing type 1 diabetes across the different stages of development of the disorder. Not only can risk for type 1 diabetes be predicted, but the approximate age of diabetes onset in children can be ascertained.
