Clinical events such as leukopenia, hypoglycemia and hyperkalemia are among those that may indicate an adverse drug reaction in people being cared for in nursing homes, researchers report in the May issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Reuters Health Information
Clinicians should not screen for carotid artery stenosis in the general population because the benefits of screening do not outweigh the risks, says the US Preventive Services Task Force. Medscape Medical News
In patients with hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B, 1-year therapeutic and histologic response to telbivudine was significantly higher, with greater hepatitis B virus DNA suppression. Medscape Medical News
Men are twice as likely as women to develop severe visual loss, the largest study to date looking at idiopathic intracranial hypertension has found. Medscape Medical News
Measures of arterial stiffness — pulse pressure and pulse-wave velocity — were linked to a decline in memory and concentration in a recent study. Medscape Medical News
H. Steven Moffic, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin, discusses whether doctors or patients come first. The Medscape Journal of Medicine
