Results of the National Institute on Drug Abuse 2007 Monitoring the Future survey show an encouraging trend toward lower levels of alcohol, smoking and illicit drug use in eighth graders, but prescription drug abuse remains high among older students. Medscape Medical News
A commentary discusses how sex affects the epidemiology, diagnosis, and presentation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and how these differences may affect therapeutic management. Medscape Medical News
Tune in to this roundtable discussion, based on data from AASLD 2007, to hear Drs. Flamm, Zein, and Tran discuss the role of small-molecule therapies currently under investigation for hepatitis C. Medscape Gastroenterology
A review of the latest data on the hemodynamic assessment of pulmonary hypertension, including echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. Medscape Pulmonary Medicine
Endocrine emergencies such as thyroid storm, myxedema coma, DKA, and adrenal crisis are relatively uncommon and frequently overlooked. This concise review steps through the description, incidence, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of each of these serious conditions. Medscape Emergency Medicine
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is usually thought of as the main causative agent of cervical cancer, but new evidence suggests that HPV can promote head and neck cancer. Nature Clinical Practice Oncology
Canada has approved raltegravir tablets (Isentress) and a liquid formulation of a Rho (D) intravenous immune globulin [human] product (WinRho SDF); Europe has approved a hydroxocobalamin kit (Cyanokit). Medscape Medical News
In middle-aged adults, elevated 2-hour blood glucose levels were associated with decreased risks for multiple and osteoporotic fractures, independent of age, body mass index, and smoking. Medscape Medical News
