Dr. George Lundberg and Dr. Raymond Gibbons discuss the factors that influence physician decisions about how to treat stable angina pectoris. Medscape General Medicine
In patients with type 2 diabetes, perindopril/indapamide slows the development or progression of renal disease, even in patients whose initial blood pressures were in the normal range. Medscape Medical News
The ACCORD trial was halted, cardiac events were shown to rise after stopping clopidogrel, it was determined that no current prostate cancer
therapy can be declared optimal, better VTE prevention is needed, a spoonful of sugar helps the vaccination go down, and iPods are safe around pacemakers. Medscape Medical News
In a retrospective cohort study, anticoagulants did not protect against the significantly increased risk for venous thromboembolism resulting from the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. Medscape Medical News