Search results for "Dementia"
MKSAP Quiz: worsening gait unsteadiness and falls
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 65-year-old man for worsening gait unsteadiness and falls.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/15/3.htm
15 May 2012
New warnings added on multiple diabetes drugs
This update also covers a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for liraglutide and approval of a new PCSK9 inhibitor.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/11/fda.htm
1 Nov 2015
Beta-blockers after MI associated with better survival but worsening function in nursing home patients
While some elderly patients can benefit from this guideline-directed therapy, costs and benefits need to be balanced in those with impairments, the authors said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/12/20/4.htm
20 Dec 2016
MKSAP Quiz: gradual onset and progression of memory loss
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate gradual memory loss in an 81-year-old man.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/13/3.htm
13 Sep 2011
Phase 3 trial shows efficacy of donanemab for Alzheimer disease
In an industry-funded, placebo-controlled trial of patients with early symptomatic Alzheimer disease and amyloid and tau pathology, patients on the investigational drug donanemab showed significant slowing in worsening on the integrated Alzheimer Disease Rating Scale score.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/07/25/2.htm
25 Jul 2023
The importance of ‘the caring’
The fragmented health delivery system in which physicians maneuver can interfere with patients' perception of how much a clinician cares.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/06/the-importance-of-the-caring.htm
1 Jun 2019
Resist the urge to overtreat bacteriuria
Antibiotics could be avoided more frequently even in patients who have significant bacteriuria if a physician takes the time to convey potential antibiotic risks.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/07/resist-the-urge-to-overtreat-bacteriuria.htm
1 Jul 2019
Warning on NSAIDs; new schizophrenia drug approved
This update covers a strengthened warning on NSAIDs and a new drug to treat schizophrenia.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/09/fda.htm
1 Sep 2015
Alzheimer's markers make management tougher
New guidelines and diagnostic advances are identifying Alzheimer's disease and its precursors much earlier in the course of the disease. The bad news is that, for now at least, these improvements may only create more dilemmas for general internists for the role of biomarkers and communicating with patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/09/alzheimers.htm
1 Sep 2011
Guideline update issued on prevention of stroke in nonvalvular afib
The American Academy of Neurology recently issued a guideline update on preventing stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/04/5.htm
4 Mar 2014