Search results for "Statins"
Cardiac care critical for diabetic patients
Even the experts feel like they're missing potential cardiological complications in diabetic patients. They consider how to screen this population effectively for the 3% of patients who experience cardiac-related deaths.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/cardiac.htm
1 Jul 2009
Medicine and management: hits from Hospital Medicine
An expert discusses managing aortic dissection as a disease for life. Also, highlights from Hospital Medicine 2009 discuss caring for the pregnant patient, documenting care for the best reimbursement and ways to improve handoffs from shift to shift.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/shm.htm
1 Jul 2009
Collaboration key to post-stroke follow-up
Post-stroke care often fragments after patients leave the hospital. Patients being treated by specialists should keep the primary care physician at the center of their follow-up regimen.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/10/stroke.htm
1 Oct 2009
Sorting out the worst offenders among herbal supplements
Post-stroke care often fragments after patients leave the hospital. Patients being treated by specialists should keep the primary care physician at the center of their follow-up regimen.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/10/supplements.htm
1 Oct 2009
Expert lays out controversies for cardio care
February is National Heart Disease Awareness Month, and the field is wide open to controversies seemingly without resolution when it comes to invasive versus therapeutic regimens.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/heart.htm
1 Feb 2010
Statins associated with slightly higher diabetes risk
New report assesses health in every U.S. county
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/23/4.htm
23 Feb 2010
MKSAP Quiz: depression medication
Statins associated with slightly higher diabetes riskGenetic risk scores don't predict cardiovascular disease in women
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/23/3.htm
23 Feb 2010
Aspirin does not reduce CV events in persons with low ankle-brachial index
Glucose test strips recalled
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/09/6.htm
9 Mar 2010
High dose of simvastatin poses muscle injury risk
And the winner is …
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/30/8.htm
30 Mar 2010
Warnings on clopidogrel, high-dose simvastatin, ear candles
Warnings, recalls and approvals from the Food and Drug Administration.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/fda.htm
1 May 2010