Doctors should be cautious about prescribing statin drugs for primary prevention in people at low risk of cardiovascular events — because of shortcomings in the evidence to support such use, a Cochrane review warned.
Mom Was Right – Eat Your Veggies
Remember life is short and science takes too long. Eat more fruit and vegetables to lower your IHD risk.
Among the more than 300,000 participants in the study, those who consumed eight or more portions of fruit and vegetables each day had a reduction of 22% in their risk of fatal ischemic heart disease (RR 0.78, 95% CI 0.65 to 0.95) compared with those who ate fewer than three portions, according to Francesca L. Crowe, PhD, of the University of Oxford in England, and colleagues.
Vorapaxar Phase III Update
Whoops.
The novel antithrombotic vorapaxar causes intracranial hemorrhage in patients with a history of stroke, Merck announced, explaining why stroke survivors were dropped from trials of the experimental drug.
Vilazodone (Viibryd) = New Antidepressant
Medical News: FDA Approves New Antidepressant – in Product Alert, Prescriptions from MedPage Today
Vilazodone (Viibryd) has been approved for treatment of major depression, the FDA announced.
Magnesium and SCD in Women
Plasma and dietary magnesium and risk of sudden cardiac death in women — Am J Clin Nutr
If the observed association is causal…
Truth AND Consequences
In an e-mail, an Aurora spokesman said Sagar’s firing was not related to her presentation.
“Dr. Sagar’s contract was terminated for a number of reasons, none related to her study. This was in no way a retaliatory action. As a matter of fact, the study supported our quality improvement initiatives and has resulted in heightened standards in the echo lab.”
If an employee termination is not a retaliatory action then why does an official spokesperson even mention the thought and go on to elaborate further? Sadly, stories like this no longer surprise me.
Life Underwriting Expert Witness Domain Name For Sale
More Statin Stuff 01/11/11
A Day in the Life – Insurance Underwriter (expert or not)
Scary Charts – 01/09/11
Calculated Risk: Summary for Week ending January 8th
Job creation poor, participation rate down, YES unemployment is down!
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