Wrap Up: New Drugs in 2008
Published on Tuesday 30 December 2008 - 13:20 - http://www.basilandspice.com/Suzy Cohen, R. Ph., is a licensed pharmacist with nearly 20 years of clinical experience. The author of The 24-Hour Pharmacist (HarperCollins, July '07) and Drug Muggers; she is "America's Most...
Older Adults Have More Drug Interactions
Published on Monday 29 December 2008 - 15:24 - http://honolulu.injuryboard.com/ScienceDaily reports on Christmas day on a report from the University of Chicago Medical Center that concludes that in the U. S. 1 in 25 older adults, about 2.2 million people, take multiple drugs...
Cholesterol: A Calculated Risk
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 18:00 - http://www.medscape.com/Peter Jones, MD, FACP, presents a discussion about cardiovascular residual risk in patients at LDL goal, with a focus on lipid components and management of mixed dyslipidemia. Medscape Cardiology
Cholesterol: A Calculated Risk (Slides With Transcript)
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 15:50 - http://www.medscape.com/Peter Jones, MD, FACP, presents a discussion about cardiovascular residual risk in patients at LDL goal, with a focus on lipid components and management of mixed dyslipidemia. ' Medscape Cardiology
Cholesterol: A Calculated Risk (Slides With Video)
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 15:50 - http://www.medscape.com/Peter Jones, MD, FACP, presents a discussion about cardiovascular residual risk in patients at LDL goal, with a focus on lipid components and management of mixed dyslipidemia. ' Medscape Cardiology
Statins May Decrease Incidence Of Delirium After Cardiac Surgery
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 09:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/A study featured in the January 2009 issue of Anesthesiology offers some of the first evidence that the use of cholesterol-lowering statins before cardiac surgery decreases the odds of...
Greek scientists develop heart attack calculator
Published on Friday 26 December 2008 - 08:19 - http://www.freshnews.in/Researchers have developed a quick and easy artificial intelligence approach to successfully calculate a patient’s heart attack risk with respect to many lifestyle factors.'Named online analytical...
DRHOOK- Off-putting: Why '08 really was year of the rat
Published on Thursday 25 December 2008 - 06:00 - http://www.readthehook.com/2008 was the Chinese Year of the Rat, the first of the 12 calendar animals. If I were to make my own interpretation of the year, it would be the Year of the Dirty Rat (said like James Cagney...
Turkey of the week: racily-priced health player
Published on Wednesday 24 December 2008 - 10:54 - http://www.moneyweek.fr/Healthcare is one of Paul Hill's preferred sectors, but he is bearish on this provider of test kits for diagnosing patients with diabetes and cholesterol.
Statins may lower delirium odds in elderly
Published on Wednesday 24 December 2008 - 06:14 - http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/TORONTO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- 'Researchers in Canada say taking statins before cardiac surgery may lower the odds of developing delirium in the elderly. 'The Toronto General Hospital study found...
