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Strategy to Reduce Atherosclerosis Development Involving Administration of Rimonabant: The Intravascular Ultrasound Study (STRADIVARIUS — Presented at SCAI-ACC i2 Summit/ACC 2008)
Is rimonabant effective at reducing coronary artery progression in obese patients with the metabolic syndrome?
Journal Article, May 13, 2008
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Clinician's Corner: The Metabolic Syndrome: A Lifestyle Medicine Foe Worthy of a Seek and Destroy Mission
The definition and importance of the metabolic syndrome, how to screen for it, and how to manage it using lifestyle management principles are discussed.
Journal Article, May 13, 2008
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Omentin-1, a Novel Adipokine, Is Decreased in Overweight Insulin-Resistant Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with insulin resistance and obesity. Recent studies have shown that plasma omentin-1 levels decrease with obesity.
Journal Article, May 13, 2008
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Reversibility of Cardiac Abnormalities in Morbidly Obese Adolescents
The results from this study may support the argument for earlier intervention at younger ages in severely obese young people.
Journal Article, May 13, 2008
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Rosiglitazone and Pioglitazone: Where Do We Go From Here?
This article examines some of the recent controversies over rosiglitazone and pioglitzone, and what they mean for physicians.
Journal Article, May 13, 2008
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Nurses Journal Scan, March 2008
Highlights include APN prescribing, the management of pain, identifying mild cognitive impairment, insomnia, and the differences of NPs and PAs providing diabetes care.
Journal Article Commentary, May 9, 2008
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Current and Future Treatments of HIV-Associated Dyslipidemia
The dyslipidemia associated with HIV is common and is attributed to HIV itself and/or the antiretroviral therapy used to treat HIV. What will the updated guidelines suggest to help these patients?
Journal Article, May 9, 2008
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Icyou: How Social Media Is the New Resource for Online Health Information
Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Icyou.com, Charleston, South Carolina, describes another promising use of the health Internet.
Expert Viewpoint, May 9, 2008
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CME
Critical Updates: The Role of Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Diabetes in Cardiovascular Disease: Call to Action for the Cardiologist
Review the interactions of atherosclerosis, diabetes, and obesity in cardiovascular disease.
Slide/Lecture Presentation, May 9, 2008
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CME/CE
The Skinny on Weight Loss Supplements: Fact or Fantasy?
Patients who want to lose weight are likely to try an over-the-counter product that promises success.
Clinical Review, May 9, 2008
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Congress Passes Genetic Privacy Bill
In this videoblog, Dr. Eric Topol updates us on some of the details and discusses what this might mean for the future if it is signed into law.
Expert Viewpoint, May 8, 2008
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Childhood Cod Liver Oil Consumption and Bone Mineral Density in a Population-based Cohort of Peri- and Postmenopausal Women: The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study
Is intake of cod liver oil in childhood related to variations in bone mineral density or fractures in adult life?
Journal Article, May 8, 2008
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Predictors of Incretin Concentrations in Subjects With Normal, Impaired, and Diabetic Glucose Tolerance
Defects in glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) secretion have been reported in some patients with type 2 diabetes after meal ingestion.
Journal Article, May 7, 2008
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Increasing Prevalence and Incidence of Thyroid Disease in Tayside, Scotland: The Thyroid Epidemiology Audit and Research Study (TEARS)
In the UK, hypothyroidism is managed almost exclusively in primary care, whereas hyperthyroidism and other thyroid conditions usually require input from hospital specialists.
Journal Article, May 7, 2008
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How to Treat Skin Infections, Including MRSA, in 2008
Erik Schraga, MD, with Stanford-Kaiser Santa Clara Emergency Medicine in California, explains the correct way to treat skin abscesses in 2008.
Editorial, May 5, 2008
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Patients: An Untapped Safety Resource
Julia A. Hallisy, DDS, a dentist in San Francisco, California, teaches how patients can protect themselves.
Editorial, May 2, 2008
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Development of Medical Checklists for Improved Quality of Patient Care
What is the evidence to support using medical checklists? Do they play a fundamental role in error management?
Journal Article, May 1, 2008
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Increased Glucose Levels Are Associated With Episodic Memory in Nondiabetic Women
The authors investigated the hypothesis that plasma glucose is associated with a reduction in episodic and/or semantic memory already in nondiabetic subjects.
Journal Article, April 30, 2008
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CME
Individualizing Antiretroviral Therapy on the Basis of Comorbidities and the Risk for Viral Resistance
With improvement in HIV-related morbidity and mortality, risk for complicating conditions increases. What are the latest screening and treatment guidelines for naive and highly experienced patients?
Clinical Case, April 30, 2008
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CME/CE
Educating the Health Professional for Improving Cultural Competency
An expert panel discusses three areas of cultural competence--bias, language barriers, and communication--in the context of clinician-patient vignettes.
Commentary, April 30, 2008
