The CDC has confirmed reports from other government agencies that cocaine users are at risk for agranulocytosis because of contamination with the veterinary drug levamisole.
Agranulocytosis? Consider Cocaine
Medical News
More MD’s Please
Doctor Shortage in U.S. Won’t Be Aided by More Medical Students – Bloomberg.com
This post is as close to a political viewpoint you will find on my website. Check out this article and graphic.
Read a Book a Week – Change Your Brain Structure
Reading Practice Can Strengthen Brain ‘Highways’ : NPR
Intensive reading programs can produce measurable changes in the structure of a child’s brain, according to a study in the journal Neuron. The study found that several different programs improved the integrity of fibers that carry information from one part of the brain to another.
Is Fasting Necessary for Lipid Assessment?
Coffee and Prostate Cancer
Coffee May Reduce Risk of Deadly Prostate Cancer (Update1) – Bloomberg.com
So my pot a day habit is GOOD!
Watch Your Diabetic Medications
Conclusions Our findings suggest a relatively unfavourable risk profile of sulphonylureas compared with metformin for all outcomes examined. Pioglitazone was associated with reduced all cause mortality compared with metformin. Pioglitazone also had a favourable risk profile compared with rosiglitazone; although this requires replication in other studies, it may have implications for prescribing within this class of drugs.
Drugs, Falls, and the Elderly
CRP as Risk Factor for CHD
Conclusion: Strong evidence indicates that CRP is associated with CHD events. Moderate, consistent evidence suggests that adding CRP to risk prediction models among initially intermediate-risk persons improves risk stratification. However, sufficient evidence that reducing CRP levels prevents CHD events is lacking.
DM in Older Mexican Americans
The prevalence of diabetes among Mexican Americans aged ≥75 years has nearly doubled between 1993–1994 and 2004–2005 from 20.3 to 37.2%, respectively (P < 0.001).
Reduce Salt Intake – Lower Stroke, CVD
A decrease of 5 grams of salt a day (about one teaspoon) was associated with a 23% lower stroke rate and up to 17% less total cardiovascular disease, reported Pasquale Strazzullo, MD, of the “Federico II” University of Naples, Italy, and colleagues online in BMJ.
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