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Ongoing Sex Disparity in Post-Acute MI Statin TherapyWomen are still less likely to fill a high-intensity statin prescription after MI hospitalization, despite countless initiatives aimed at eliminating sex disparities in cardiovascular care.
Parents' Preconception Well-Being Affects Child's Future Health'Alongside continued efforts to reduce smoking, alcohol consumption, and obesity...we call for heightened awareness of preconception health, [especially] diet and nutrition,' researchers urge.
Medscape Medical News, April 2018
Turn Waiting Room Into a Classroom to Boost Outcomes in DiabetesPatients with type 2 diabetes well-controlled on medication can still gain benefits in terms of weight, glycemic control, and cholesterol from a weekly nutrition class at their physician's office, say US researchers.
The Case Against Thrombolytic Therapy in Stroke A New York Times article siding with neurologists in their debate with emergency medicine over the benefits of tPA in ischemic stroke prompted Dr Mandrola to take a closer look at the data.
theheart.org on Medscape, April 13, 2018
The Lean Antibiotic MantraAntibiotics -- while focusing on the right drug, the right dose, and the right duration, most important is to make the right diagnosis. Sometimes you may not even need the antibiotic.
New Diabetes Guidelines Already Outdated?The ACP reviewed relevant studies but came to conclusions 'not germane to the way we treat patients with type 2 diabetes today,' says Dr Anne Peters.
