News and updates from the American Society of Hypertension Conference. ASH is the largest organization of hypertension researchers and health care providers in the United States committed to preventing and treating hypertension and its consequences. The editors of ConsultantLive bring you updates from the 2013 ASH conference in San Francisco, CA.
Recommendations consider the whole patient, the spectrum of risks and complications for the patient, and evidence-based approaches to treatment.
Shorter sleep is associated with increases in BMI in adolescents aged 14 to 18 years, especially in heavier adolescents.
The ankle-brachial index is a noninvasive screening tool that can improve cardiovascular event risk stratification.
Tamoxifen and raloxifene reduce the incidence of invasive breast cancer in women without cancer, but they also increase the risk of blood clots and other risks.
A seasoned family physician remembers the day she met her mentor, Dr McLarty-a 70-year-old cowboy who was eating Metamucil wafers while puffing on a pipe. He wore Wrangler corduroys and a crew cut with some gray hairs shooting through. With his thick Texas twang, he slurred his words together around southern slangisms and medical anecdotes.
If drugs could be developed to target tau, they might prevent much of the neurodegeneration that characterizes Alzheimer disease and help prevent or delay dementia.
After more than 30 years, the FDA re-approves use of medication for pregnant women for whom conservative management of nausea and vomiting (eg, changes in diet and lifestyle) is ineffective.
About one-quarter of Medicare patients may be undergoing inappropriate colonoscopy screening, according to a new study. Details here.
Can you recognize a patient's malady quickly and correctly? Are you adept at choosing the most appropriate treatment? Then face-off against your peers and test your skills in a battle for diagnostic supremacy!
Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is largely good news for patients with HIV, many of whom have been denied coverage under preexisting condition clauses. However, some questions and some gaps in coverage remain to be addressed.
When the FDA approved pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, observers wondered whether or not the strategy was cost effective. A study has now analyzed the question. Answer: It depends.
With no drugs to offer a cure for multiple sclerosis, clinicians should have a wide variety of treatment options available for their patients.
(AUDIO) How often should people be (re)tested for HIV? A pair of industrial efficiency experts looked at current HIV testing recommendations, and found them too conservative.
After the patient received 2 doses of the medication, the parents noticed that the G-tube was clogged off. What's the problem here?
Dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) is approved for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
PCPs for sleep apnea?; mental illness and obesity; norovirus on the rise; global sodium overdose
Recommended levels of sodium intake are exceeded by 75% of the world's population, according to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study.
