Internal Medicine News & Articles

1 Heart rate at baseline influences the effect of ivabradine on cardiovascular outcomes in chronic heart failure: analysis from the SHIFT study Clinical Research in Cardiology, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

2 Effects on post-prandial glucose and AGE precursors from two initial insulin strategies in patients with Type 2 diabetes uncontrolled by oral agents Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

3 Botulinum Toxin A for Prophylactic Treatment of Migraine and Tension Headaches in Adults: A Meta-analysis JAMA, May 17, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine    Clinical Article

4 Do aspirin and statins prevent severe sepsis Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

5 Nearly uniform failure of atrial flutter ablation and continuation of antiarrhythmic agents (hybrid therapy) for the long-term control of atrial fibrillation Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology , May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

6 Gender Difference in Albuminuria and Ischemic Heart Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Clinical Medicine & Research, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

7 A comparison between antihypertensive medication adherence and treatment intensification as potential clinical performance measures Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, May 17, 2012

8 Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease in adults: glycemic control and diabetic complications Acta Diabetologia, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

9 Impact of Anemia on In-Hospital, One-Month and One-Year Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome from the Middle East Clinical Medicine & Research, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

10 Does nutrition education improve the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among elderly with type 2 diabetes? A randomized controlled trial based on an educational model Journal of Diabetes, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

11 Abnormal expression and function of Dectin-1 receptor in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with poor glycemic control (HbA1c>8%) Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

12 A cohort study of osteoporosis health knowledge and medication use in older adults with minimal trauma fracture Archives of Osteoporosis, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

13 Changes in social support within the early recovery period and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction Journal of Psychosomatic Research, May 17, 2012

14 Oxidative stress in the cardiorenal metabolic syndrome Current Hypertension Reports, May 17, 2012

15 The lipid profiles in Japanese patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotic agents General Hospital Psychiatry, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

16 Biphasic effects of H. pylori infection on low-dose aspirin-induced gastropathy depending on the gastric acid secretion level Journal of Gastroenterology, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

17 Effect of insurance status on postacute care among working age stroke survivors Neurology, May 17, 2012

18 Prostate Specific Antigen Levels and Prostate Cancer Detection Rates in Patients With End Stage Renal Disease The Journal of Urology, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

19 New therapeutic approaches for resistant hypertension Journal of Nephrology, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

20 A retrospective observational study of enuresis, daytime voiding symptoms, and response to medical therapy in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder Journal of Pediatric Urology , May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

1 Red Meat Consumption and Mortality Archives of Internal Medicine, April 10, 2012

2 Influence of vitamin D supplementation on plasma lipid profiles: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Lipids in Health and Disease, April 5, 2012    Free full text

3 Statins as a possible cause of inflammatory and necrotizing myopathies Atherosclerosis, April 23, 2012

4 Coffee consumption and risk of stroke: a meta-analysis of cohort studies Central European Journal of Medicine, March 20, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

5 Statin Use As a Moderator of Metformin Effect on Risk for Prostate Cancer Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients Diabetes Care, April 5, 2012

6 Renal safety of intensive cholesterol-lowering treatment with rosuvastatin: A retrospective analysis of renal adverse events among 40,600 participants in the rosuvastatin clinical development program Atherosclerosis, March 27, 2012

7 Which is the preferred angiotensin II receptor blocker-based combination therapy for blood pressure control in hypertensive patients with diabetic and non-diabetic renal impairment? Cardiovascular Diabetology, April 12, 2012    Free full text

8 Effects of renin–angiotensin system blockades on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, April 2, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

9 On-treatment non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein b, triglycerides, and lipid ratios in relation to residual vascular risk after treatment with potent statin therapy JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 18, 2012

10 Statin use and the risk of Clostridium difficile in academic medical centres Gut, April 11, 2012

11 Evidence-based Use of Statins for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease American Journal of Medicine, April 9, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

12 Choice of initial antihypertensive drugs and persistence of drug use-a 4-year follow-up of 78,453 incident users European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, April 12, 2012

13 β-blockers in heart failure: benefits of β-blockers according to varying male proportions of study patients Clinical Cardiology, April 9, 2012    Free full text

14 Dual effects of statins therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus and SLE-related atherosclerosis: The potential role for regulatory T cells Atherosclerosis, April 20, 2012

15 Comparison of alternate day atorvastatin treatment to daily treatment in maintaining LDL-Cholesterol targets in patients with variable coronary risk profile Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, March 29, 2012

16 Current Trial-Associated Outcomes With Warfarin in Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Archives of Internal Medicine, April 24, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

17 Sustained decrease in blood pressure following missed doses of aliskiren or telmisartan: the ASSERTIVE double-blind, randomized study Journal of Hypertension, April 16, 2012

18 Role of vitamin D deficiency in cardiovascular disease Heart, March 8, 2012

19 Inhaled low-dose iloprost for pulmonary hypertension: a prospective, multicenter, open-label study Clinical Cardiology, April 10, 2012    Free full text

20 β-blockers in heart failure: benefits of β-blockers according to varying male proportions of study patients Clinical Cardiology, April 17, 2012    Free full text