Early diagnosis key in cardiomyopathy
Routine testing helps identify the disease and lowers the risk of sudden death, but prompt referral to secondary and tertiary care is vital.
Internal Medicine
Treat metabolic syndrome to deter stroke
Treating metabolic syndrome may help prevent recurrent stroke or transient ischemic attack.
Low-dose CT cuts lung-cancer deaths
Initial results from a large study have shown there to be 20% fewer deaths from lung cancer among people screened with low-dose helical computed tomography compared with standard chest x-ray.
Screening for diabetes now more convenient
Because the HbA1c test doesn’t require fasting, clinicians hope it will reduce the number of people going undiagnosed with type 2 diabetes
A practical guide to heart-failure diagnosis
Characterized by impaired myocardial performance, heart failure is often misdiagnosed. Clinicians should focus on prevention and early detection
Blacks need early BP meds
Hypertension in blacks is such a serious health problem that treatment thresholds should be lowered and providers should quickly move to multidrug therapy to keep BP comfortably below the thresholds.
Metabolic syndrome more common among people with psoriasis
Clinicians should be on the lookout for metabolic risk factors in patients with psoriasis and be prepared to treat both.
Ivabradine may reduce HF mortality, hospital admission
Ivabradine is a novel agent that lowers heart rate by inhibiting the I(f) current in the sinoatrial node.
Aspirin may improve diagnostic performance for colorectal cancer test
Short-term low-dose aspirin use prior to immunochemical fecal occult blood testing (iFOBT) significantly increased the test’s sensitivity for detecting advanced colorectal tumors.
Opioids for chronic pain: Striking a balance
Misconceptions surround the use of opioids for chronic pain. For optimal management, clinicians and patients need to be armed with the facts.
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