Archive for August, 2012:
August 30th, 2012Smoking Cessation Lowers Risk of Brain Bleed
Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston Action Points --A Korean case-control study found that smoking cessation for more than 5 years reduced the elevated risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with current smoking. --Note that the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage was still […]
August 30th, 2012
I Was Always Taught You Control The Pain, Not The Drug
Armon B. Neel, Jr., Pharm.D, CGP, FASCP I was having lunch with a friend the other day, and he was upset because his wife had just had surgery on both feet with bones broken, pins inserted, and many stitches. She’d come home with a prescription for five days of pain […]
August 29th, 2012
CSF Markers Aid in Dementia, Parkinson’s Diagnosis
Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner Action Points --These researchers found that levels of five proteins in cerebrospinal fluid can distinguish among different types of dementias and also among conditions that resemble Parkinson's […]
August 27th, 2012
Statin Use Tied to Possible Boost in Cataract Risk
But link isn't proven and patients shouldn't stop taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, researchers say FRIDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- The millions of adults who currently use prescription statins to control their cholesterol levels may be inadvertently increasing their risk for developing age-related cataracts, new research suggests. The bump in cataract […]
August 20th, 2012
Bone Drug ONJ Triggered by Dental Work
Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Take PosttestAction Points -- Dental extraction emerged as the dominant etiologic culprit in bisphosphonate associated osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) among patients with multiple myeloma or Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. -- Note that the cumulative bisphosphonate dose […]
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