Obama: preserve what works, improve what doesn't.(ELECTION
2008: PHYSICIANS' PERSPECTIVES)
As doctors, you know well what ails our health care system. Are
there any among us who have not cared for a patient without health
insurance? Who hasn't noticed that the cost of care has risen . . .
Beware of fructose confusion.(LETTERS)
I only recently become aware of an article titled "Kidney Risk
May Rise With High Fructose Consumption" (March 1, 2008, p. 42),
which was sent to me by a colleague who knows of the research done in . . .
More restrictions placed on rabies vaccine because of supply
problems.(News)
Health care providers who prescribe post-exposure rabies
prophylaxis must confer with public health officials and obtain a
confirmation code from the state health department before they can . . .
Cancer concerns over ezetimibe linger for some.(News)
MUNICH--Many experts have been reassured that the signal of a
cancer risk that was reported last July for treatment with the
lipid-lowering drug ezetimibe probably was the result of chance, . . .
FDA posts reports of ongoing drug investigations.(News)(United
States. Food and Drug Administration)
The Food and Drug Administration has posted on its Web site the
first quarterly report of drugs identified as having "potential
safety issues" that are under evaluation, in order to keep . . .
Pain reliever may avoid hypertensive effects.(News)(Clinical
report)
PARIS--Naproxcinod, a novel pain reliever being developed for
osteoarthritis, resulted in significantly lower blood pressure than did
naproxen in a pivotal phase III clinical trial.
This finding . . .
Vitamin C intake tied to lower hip fracture risk.(News)(Clinical
report)
MONIREAL--Consumption of vitamin C at sufficiently high levels is
associated with nearly a 50% decrease in the risk of hip and
nonvertebral osteoporotic fractures in elderly men and women, . . .
UKPDS data show benefits of glucose control at 30 years:
metformin, insulin have a 'legacy effect.'.(News)(United
Kingdom Prospe
ROME--Sustained improvements in diabetes-related end points were
achieved with early rather than delayed use of intensive glucose control
in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, according . . .
Vital signs.
Retail Drug Prescriptions Filled at Pharmacies in 2007
(per capita)
Note: Data are generated by Verispan, which collects data from a
panel of retail pharmacies, third-party payers, and data . . .
Tracer aids breast cancer detection.(News)
A novel imaging technique appears to be better than standard
mammography at detecting breast cancer in high-risk women with dense
breast tissue, according to findings from a study involving 940 . . .
Critical issues in the long-term management of Crohn's
disease: an expert discussion.(Clinical report)
TRABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 4
The Natural History of Crohn's Disease: 4
The Role of Biomarkers
Severine Vermeire, MD, PhD
Associate . . .
Gentamicin: into the fire blight.(INDICATIONS)(Brief
article)(Column)
Carl Sagan once said that a "tree and I are made of the same
stuff." [Note to editor: I checked, and this is the first time that
Carl Sagan has ever been mentioned in this column.] That may explain . . .
A king among nurse's aides.(INDICATIONS)(Brief
article)
Until recently, 56-year-old Charles Wesley Mumbere was a
nurse's aide at the Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Health Care
Center in Harrisburg, Pa. He tended "the elderly and the sick for . . .
Endoscope mightier than the sword.(INDICATIONS)(Brief
article)
A team of surgeons at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia
University Medical Center is getting close to making gallbladders
disappear. "The wand makes it a lot easier," Dr. Harry . . .
ED Physicians wary of potential impact of medical home.(THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE)(emergency department)
Leaders at the American College of Physicians and the American
Academy of Family Physicians say they welcome the American College of
Emergency Physicians' recent statement supporting the concept of . . .
Revering the work of Physician Writers.(THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE)
Well before he attended medical school at Columbia University, New
York, Dr. Daniel C. Bryant had been captivated by reading and writing,
underscored by an undergraduate degree in French literature . . .
Good Samaritan acts.(LAW & MEDICINE)
Question: On a flight from Los Angeles to Newark, a passenger
developed acute chest pain and diaphoresis. A flight attendant put out
an emergency call, but Dr. Brown, a general internist . . .
Health reform maneuvers begin on capitol Hill.(Election
2008)
Democrats and Republicans are so confident about the chances of
some type of health reform in the next administration that staff
meetings and hearings geared toward crafting legislation have been . . .
Uninsured spend $30B on care.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(Brief
article)
Americans who lack health insurance for any part of 2008 will spend
$30 billion out of pocket for health services and receive $56 billion in
uncompensated care while uninsured, according to a study . . .
Genomics collaboration.(POLICY & PRACTICE)(Medco Health
Solutions Inc.)(Brief article)
Pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions and the FDA have
partnered to study genetic testing, according to Medco. The agreement
extends to Aug. 31, 2010. Over the next 2 years, Medco will . . .
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