• Flu Vaccine Has No Benefits for the Elderly
  Dr. Tom Jefferson - The Cochrane Vaccines Field
  Vaccine, October 23, 2007
• Combining Statins and Fibrates
  Michael Miller e coll / Center for Preventive Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
  Medcape Family Medicine
• Barriers to Self-Management and Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Seniors With Multimorbidities
  Elizabeth A. Bayliss e coll / Kaiser Permanente Clinical Research Unit, Denver, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
  Annals of Family Medicine 5:395-402 (2007)
• Prosecutions for Prescribing Opioid Analgesics May Be on the Rise
  Aaron M. Gilson - Federation of State Medical Boards and the Wisconsin Pain and Policy Studies Group
  J Pain 2007;8:682-691
• Predictors of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Identified
  Cadieux G - McGill University and Montréal General Hospital Quebec, Canada
  Can Med Assoc J. 2007;177(8):877–883, 895–896
• Negative aspects of close relationships and heart disease
  De Vogli R e coll - University College, London, UK
  Arch Intern Med 2007; 167:1951-1957
• Researchers identify key step bird flu virus takes to spread readily in humans
  Yoshihiro Kawaoka - University of Wisconsin
  Public Library of Science Pathogens- Oct. 4, 2007
• Rating Pain From 0 to 10 Might Not Help Doctors
  Erin E. Krebs - Indiana University School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina
  Journal of General Internal Medicine, October 2007
• European Medicines Agency Recommends Restricted Use of Nimesulide-containing Medicinal Products
  European Medicines Agency (EMEA) - Ottobre 2007
• Heart Failure Patients Who Stop Digoxin May Risk Hospitalization
  Ali Ahmed - University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Am J Cardiol 2007;100:280-284
• ACSM/AHA Updates Physical Activity Recommendations, Including Guidelines for Older Adults
  American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association (AHA)
  Circulation - Published online August 1, 2007
• Fructose but Not Glucose Consumption Linked to Atherogenic Lipid Profile
  Peter J. Havel e cpll - Department of Nutrition-University of California
  American Diabetes Association 67th Scientific Sessions: Abstract 0062-OR. Presented June 23, 2007
• Controversies and Misconceptions in Malaria Chemoprophylaxis for Travelers
  Lin H. Chen et al.
  JAMA. 2007;297:2251-2263
• Declining Incidence Rate of Lung Adenocarcinoma in the United States
  Fan Chen e coll. - Department of Community Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, GA -
  USA CHEST. 2007;131(4):1000-1005
• Ezetimibe Favourably Affects All LDL Subfractions in Patients with Primary Dyslipidaemias
  Moses Elisaf - Università di Ioannina, Grecia.
  76th Congress of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)
• Effects of Reconstituted High-Density Lipoprotein Infusions on Coronary Atherosclerosis-A Randomized Controlled Trial
  Jean-Claude Tardif, e coll - Effect of rHDL on Atherosclerosis-Safety and Efficacy (ERASE) Investigators
  JAMA. 2007;297:1675-1679
• Optimal Medical Therapy with or without PCI for Stable Coronary Disease
  William E. Boden e coll - COURAGE Trial Research Group
  N Engl J Med 356;15,2007
• Anesthesia-Alzheimer Disease Link Probed
  Bridget M. Kuehn e coll
  JAMA, 25, 2007—Vol 297, No. 16, 1760
• High Pretreatment PSA Velocity Predicts Worse Outcome
  Anthony D'Amico - Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital
  CANCER, July 1, 2007
• Diet With Low Glycemic Index Slows AMD Progression
  Chung-Jung Chiu - Tufts University ARVO 2007 Annual Meeting: Abstract 2101-B710. Presented Monday May 7, 2007
• Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
  Cosford PA, Leng GC.
  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD002945. DOI:10.1002/14651858. CD002945.pub2.
• Decline in Breast Cancer and HRT Use: Is There a Link?
  Anderson Peter Ravdin - Dipartimento di Biostatistica
  New Engl J of Med-April 2007-06-17
• Ibuprofen May Boost Chance of Heart Problems in High Risk Patients with Osteoarthritis
  Therapeutic Arthritis Research and Gastrointestinal Event Trial (TARGET)
  Online First Ann Rheum Dis 2007
• Cardiac Function Impaired Among Smokers, Even When They're Young and Fit
  Barbara Lichodziejewska e coll - Warsaw Medical University
  Chest 2007;131:1142-1148
• The relationship of indwelling urinary catheters to death, length of hospital stay, functional decline, and nursing home admission in hospitalized older medical patients
  Holroyd-Leduc JM, e coll - Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada.
  J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55(2):227-33
• Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Mild Cognitive Impairment 
  A. Luchsinger - Columbia University Medical Center in New York
  Arch Neurol. 2007;64:570-575
• Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Combined With Metformin Improves Glucose Control
  Harold Bays e coll - Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S
  American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 16th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress (AACE)
• Chondroitin of Little Benefit for Osteoarthritis
  Dr. Peter Juni, from the University of Bern in Switzerland
  Ann Intern Med 2007;146:580-590,611-612
• Drug Therapy for Prehypertension Questioned
  Mitka M- JAMA, December 20, 2006 -Vol 296, No. 23;2788
• Duloxetine Treatment of Neuropathic Pain May Affect Glycemic Control CME
  Thomas H e coll-Indianapolis,Indiana-USA Diabetes Care. 2007;30:21-26
• Long-term proton pump inhibitor therapy and risk of hip fracture
  Yang YX e coll Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia USA
  JAMA. 2006 Dec 27;296(24):2947-53
• Effects of continuing or stopping alendronate after 5 years of treatment: the Fracture Intervention Trial Long-term Extension (FLEX): a randomized trial
  Black e coll - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
  JAMA. 2006 Dec 27;296(24):2927-38
• Natriuretic-Peptide Assay May Be Prognostic in Stable Coronary Heart Disease
  Bibbins-Domingo e coll - Università di California in San Francisco
  JAMA. 2007;297:169-176
• New Therapy to Treat Patients With Severely Elevated Cholesterol Levels
  Daniel J. Rader - Preventive Cardiology Research Center at Penn, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  NEJM, 2007 11 gennaio
• Workplace Stress Management Program Reduces Heart-Rate Variability and BP
  Daniela Lucini e coll, Universita' di Milano
  Hypertension. Published online January 8, 2007
• Guidelines Issued on Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  Amir Qaseem, American College of Physicians - Philadelphia- Pennsylvania
  Ann Fam Med. 2007;5:57-62
  Ann Intern Med. 2007;146:204-240
• Internal Clock Causes Morning Blood Pressure Changes
  Garret A. FitzGerald - Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Pennsilvania
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 22, 2007
• Common Pain Relievers Linked to Elevated Blood Pressure in Men
  John P. Foman - Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
  Archives of Internal Medicine, February 26, 2007
  

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