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Worse Short-Term Mortality Among Men With Prostate Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Men with prostate cancer and pre-existing cardiovascular disease (CVD) have worse short-term mortality following treatment with oral androgen-signaling inhibitors than do similar men without CVD, according to a database study.
Reuters Health Information, August 2019
Antidiabetic-Medication Prescriptions Change Little Following CV Events The prescription of glucose-lowering medications in patients with type 2 diabetes changes little after a cardiovascular event, the DATAFILE study shows.
Reuters Health Information, August 2019
IAS 2019 Baffling Rift Between Patients With HIV and the Right Statin The Framingham score, used to evaluate risk for a cardiovascular event, is low-balling the threat in patients with HIV. And conflicting results on the success of statins is perplexing specialists.
Medscape Medical News, August 2019
Mediterranean Diet Tied to Lower Risk of Gestational Diabetes Pregnant women at high risk for gestational diabetes may be less likely to experience this complication when they switch to a Mediterranean diet, a recent experiment suggests.
Reuters Health Information, August 2019

Reefer Madness: A Case of Cannabis-Induced Psychosis How common is cannabis-induced psychosis? Who is at risk and how is it treated?
Medscape Emergency Medicine, August 15, 2019
Exercising in Extreme Heat -- How to Avoid Hyperthermia The hotter the temperature gets, the more critical it is to be aware of the risk for heat stroke.
Medscape Emergency Medicine, August 13, 2019
A 34-Year-Old Man With a Severe Headache: USMLE Question A 34-year-old man presents because of profuse sweating, a severe headache, and a "racing heart." He has had several episodes like this one. What's the diagnosis?
Osmosis, August 9, 2019
T2D in Teens: More Severe Complications Long-term results of the TODAY study find a concerning rate of complications in youth with type 2 diabetes. Investigator Dr Lorraine Levitt Katz provides an update of the data presented at ADA 2019.
CHOP Expert Commentary, August 6, 2019

Reducing Kidney and CV Complications in Diabetes Kidney and cardiovascular disease are linked epidemiologically. Prof Rossing reviews potential new therapies with Dr Peters but notes that there is room for improvement in basic practice.
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, July 26, 2019