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141 Research reveals possible reason for cholesterol-drug side effects Full Text EurekAlert!, May 13, 2013

142 Intermountain Medical Center reseachers develop new 3-D technology to treat atrial fibrillation Full Text EurekAlert!, May 13, 2013

143 CU study suggests link between tumor suppressors and starvation survival Full Text EurekAlert!, May 13, 2013

144 Penn Medicine researchers identify 4 new genetic risk factors for testicular cancer Full Text EurekAlert!, May 13, 2013

145 Future hospitalization and increased health service use may be linked to insomnia Full Text ScienceDaily, May 13, 2013

146 Cancer drug prevents build-up of toxic brain protein Full Text ScienceDaily, May 13, 2013

147 Brain diseases affecting more people and starting earlier than ever before Full Text ScienceDaily, May 13, 2013

148 How nerve wiring self-destructs Full Text ScienceDaily, May 13, 2013

149 Patients should have right to control genomic health information, experts say Full Text ScienceDaily, May 13, 2013

150 Scientists find key to gene-silencing activity Full Text ScienceDaily, May 13, 2013

151 FDA approves Glaxo/Theravance drug for COPD lung disease Full Text Reuters Health News, May 13, 2013

152 Better stent surgery stats needed: heart doctors Full Text Reuters Health News, May 13, 2013

153 New SARS-like virus can probably pass person-to-person Full Text Reuters Health News, May 13, 2013

154 FDA allows generic forms of Endo Healths Opana ER painkiller Full Text Reuters Health News, May 13, 2013

155 Critics take aim at changes envisioned for psychiatry's bible, the DSM Full Text USA Today, May 13, 2013

156 Study: Cholesterol progress stalled in recession Full Text USA Today, May 13, 2013

157 Paleo diet pulls up to the caveman's dining table Full Text USA Today, May 13, 2013

158 Vermont Senate OKs end-of-life legislation USA Today, May 13, 2013

159 Emergence of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Causing Severe Human Illness - China, February-April 2013 Full Text Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 13, 2013

160 Announcement: National Blood Pressure Education Month - May 2013 Full Text Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 13, 2013

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Vitamin D deficiency is more common with non-Caucasian patients, and those with lower social support, no insurance, diabetes, lower activity levels, higher parathyroid hormone levels, and higher body mass indexes
Eating an early breakfast and dinner when taking PPIs can lower FSSG scores and improve GERD symptoms. (Factors leading to increased FSSG scores were female gender, inadequate sleep, lack of breakfast, antihypertensive agent non-users and dinner just before bedtime.)
No single method of contraception is contraindicated by age alone, but caution should be exercised with estrogen-containing preparations in obese women over 40

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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients

Among 130 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, 107 were vitamin D-deficient (< 20 ng/ml). Of the patients who did not survive, the length of survival was shorter in the vitamin D-deficient patients (15.3 vs. 24.2 days, respectively).

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Coronary artery calcium increases cardiovascular risk in patients with T2DM and HTN

Researchers at Tel-Aviv University have conducted a study to determine the value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) measurements in cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with T2DM and HTN. The study involved 423 patients enrolled in the International Nifedipine Study: Intervention as Goal for Hypertension Therapy. The patients had baseline CT scans for CAC measurement at baseline and were shown to be free of disease. Follow-up CT scans were performed at 3 and 15 years. Cardiovascular events (CVEs) occurred in 41 of 423 patients at 3 years and 111 of 268 patients at 15 years of follow-up. CVEs occurred in 15% and 52% (CAC+) and 7% and 32% (CAC-) of patients with T2DM at 3 and 15 years of follow-up, respectively. Compared to patients without T2DM and no CAC, the HRs for a CVE were 6.6 and 3.9 in T2DM patients with and without CAC, respectively.

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CAC scores add predictability to Framingham

Researchers at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam have evaluated 12 measures (N-terminal fragment of prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide levels, von Willebrand factor antigen levels, fibrinogen levels, chronic kidney disease, leukocyte count, C-reactive protein levels, homocysteine levels, uric acid levels, coronary artery calcium [CAC] scores, carotid intima–media thickness, peripheral arterial disease, and pulse wave velocity), in addition to Framingham risk scores for predicting coronary heart disease. Only the CAC was shown to add significantly to the Framingham risk score in predicting coronary heart disease.

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1 Gluten: 5 things you need to know CNN Health, April 8, 2013 Free full text

2 New Ways to Lower Cholesterol with Diet U.S. News & World Report - Health, March 28, 2013

3 A Guide to Overcoming Insomnia U.S. News & World Report - Health, April 22, 2013

4 Berries May Be Healthful, but Some Health Benefits of Berries May Not Make It Past Your Mouth ScienceDaily, January 29, 2013 Free full text

5 APNewsBreak: Upper-income seniors' Medicare hike The Seattle Times, April 15, 2013 Free full text

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8 Do You Really Need Antioxidants? U.S. News & World Report - Health, March 11, 2013

9 Dysfunctional Foods U.S. News & World Report - Health, April 3, 2013

10 Significant link found between daytime sleepiness and vitamin D ScienceDaily, December 17, 2012 Free full text

11 Love may not be as elusive as some think, research says The Seattle Times, April 1, 2013 Free full text

12 The Doctor Is In, but Hundreds of Miles Away The New York Times, April 17, 2013

13 The Less-is-More Approach to Health Care U.S. News & World Report - Health, March 6, 2013

14 Scientists bake a better loaf of bread ScienceDaily, February 26, 2013 Free full text

15 Ask Well: Remedies for Nail Fungus The New York Times, April 11, 2013

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17 Physician entrepreneurs are key contributors to new medical devices EurekAlert!, April 18, 2013 Free full text

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19 Ask Well: Relief for Shinsplints The New York Times, March 20, 2013

20 Brisk Walking Equals Running for Heart Health: Study HealthDay, April 5, 2013 Free full text

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Internal Medicine - Popular Press News & Articles

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Clinical Pearls in Internal Medicine

Highlights in Internal Medicine

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased mortality in ICU patients

Coronary artery calcium increases cardiovascular risk in patients with T2DM and HTN

CAC scores add predictability to Framingham

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