I stumbled across this article while evaluating a persistent CPK elevation in an applicant with HLD and other CHD risk factors.
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Risks and Benefits of ARBs and ACEis
There are three links in this article to the original comparative effectiveness review, a clinician guide, and a consumer guide.
Good training stuff for your newbies.
HTN Treatment, J-Curve Effect and Stroke
Lower T2DM Risk With Veggies
Medical News: Green Veggies Cut Diabetes Risk – in Endocrinology, Diabetes from MedPage Today
Increasing the daily intake of green leafy vegetables could significantly reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, a British meta-analysis found.
Consuming 1.35 servings of these vegetables per day was associated with a 14% reduction in risk compared with consuming only 0.2 servings (HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.77 to 0.96, P=0.01), according to Patrice Carter, a PhD student at the University of Leicester, and colleagues.
Ethnic Group Differences in SLE
Medical News: CV Events Early in Minorities With SLE – in Rheumatology, Lupus from MedPage Today
Again a reminder for our readers: we do not use ethnic backgrounds when classifying mortality risk.
But do read this article and tuck it away in your memory bank.
GoLytely No More…(maybe)
Medical News: CT Colonography Boosts High-Risk Yield – in Oncology, Colon Cancer from MedPage Today
CT colonography identified almost 80% more high-risk lesions compared with optical screening by adding extracolonic findings, a review of more than 2,000 cases showed.
The War in Mexico 08.21.10
The brutality of the conflict is escalating. Alleged gang hit men broke into the home of a Chihuahua state policeman this week and strangled to death his 4-year-old brother, authorities said. Across the country, mutilated and decapitated bodies turn up virtually every day, sometimes hanging from bridges.
Scary Chart of the Day – 08.19.10
Pretty ugly looking trend
From 1999 to 2007, the number of U.S. poisoning deaths involving any opioid analgesic (e.g., oxycodone, methadone, or hydrocodone) more than tripled, from 4,041 to 14,459, or 36% of the 40,059 total poisoning deaths in 2007. In 1999, opioid analgesics were involved in 20% of the 19,741 poisoning deaths. During 1999–2007, the number of poisoning deaths involving specified drugs other than opioid analgesics increased from 9,262 to 12,790, and the number involving nonspecified drugs increased from 3,608 to 8,947.
Suicides Up for Border Patrol
AP IMPACT: Border Patrol sees spike in suicides | NewsOK.com
The rate of suicides nationally is about 12 per 100,000 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Law enforcement rates are about 20 per 100,000, while the Border Patrol’s pace has the agency hovering in the upper 20s to low 30s per 100,000.
Do You Know Dr. Dean Ornish? (you should)
I’ve been a fan of Dr. Ornish for a long time. His lifestyle focus to prevent and/or reverse atherosclerosis with diet, exercise, and stress reduction was clearly ahead of its time. Medicare will now pay for the Ornish and Pritikin programs. But am I the only one to realize that Medicare usually doesn’t start until age 65? Time for private health insurance companies to step up to the plate on this issue.
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