Journal Watch (General)

Symptomatic Iron Deficiency Without Anemia Does iron deficiency cause fatigue in the absence of anemia? If so, can oral iron therapy improve symptoms?
Journal Article, October 05, 2012
Which Elders With Systolic Hypertension Should We Treat? Could aggressive treatment of systolic hypertension in frail older patients actually do more harm than good?
Journal Article, October 03, 2012
When Breast-Conserving Surgery Doesn't Work the First Time In this alarming study, 20% of women with breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery required re-operation within three months.
Journal Article, October 01, 2012
PSA Screening and Quality of Life While recent studies have questioned the value of PSA screening, this study found potential gains in quality-adjusted life-years in those who undergo screening.
Journal Article, September 28, 2012
Medicaid Expansion Appears to Lower 5-Year Mortality A new study suggests that the expansion of Medicaid benefits under the Affordable Care Act will benefit even those already enrolled.
Journal Article, September 26, 2012
Proton-Pump Inhibitors Raise Risk for C. difficile Infection In two meta-analyses, PPI use was associated with a significantly increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection.
Journal Article, September 17, 2012
Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma necessary for patients with alcoholic cirrhosis?
Journal Article, September 12, 2012
Prostatectomy vs. Observation for Prostate Cancer: PIVOT The PIVOT study compared surgery with 'watchful waiting' in patients with localized prostate cancer. How should the results be interpreted?
Journal Article, September 10, 2012
Effect on Resting Energy Expenditure of 3 Maintenance Diets This study found that a low-carb diet might be more effective for both weight loss and for improving several metabolic parameters in the short term. But long term outcomes are less clear.
Journal Article, September 06, 2012
Combination Nasal Steroid-Antihistamine Adding an antihistamine to intranasal steroids may significantly improve symptoms for seasonal allergic rhinitis patients.
Journal Article, August 14, 2012
Keep Washing Those Hands This article illustrates how contagious noroviruses are and why hand washing is so important.
Journal Article, August 09, 2012
Pioglitazone Is Associated With Risk for Bladder Cancer The risks and benefits of pioglitazone should be weighed carefully, as it has shown to increase the risk of bladder cancer.
Journal Article, August 07, 2012
W-3 Fatty Acids for CV Disease Prevention in Diabetes How effective are w-3 fatty acid supplements in protecting diabetes patients against CV disease?
Journal Article, July 31, 2012
Does Insulin Prevent Adverse CV Events in Early Diabetes? Does the early addition of basal insulin confer CV benefit in patients with prediabetes?
Journal Article, July 30, 2012
Azithromycin and Risk for Cardiovascular-Related Death Is azithromycin cardiotoxic? This large observational study assessed the risk.
Journal Article, June 26, 2012
Zinc and the Common Cold, Redux The debate continues--is zinc effective against the common cold? This meta-analysis attempts to sort through the confusion.
Journal Article, June 20, 2012
Another Reassuring Study on LABA-ICS Safety in Asthma This study supports the use of long-acting beta-agonist bronchodilators in reducing asthma exacerbations when used as step-up therapy with inhaled corticosteroids.
Journal Article, June 19, 2012
Botulinum Toxin A for Chronic Migraine? In this meta-analysis, botulinum toxin A for treatment of chronic migraine showed only modest clinical superiority compared to placebo.
Journal Article, June 15, 2012
Optimizing Postmenopausal Vitamin D3 Supplementation How much vitamin D3 supplementation is enough for postmenopausal women?
Journal Article, May 23, 2012
Pneumonia and Heart Disease Go Together Is pneumonia associated with acute cardiac events? What kind of relationship do they have?
Journal Article, July 25, 2020

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