Impaired chronotropic response (CR) after exercise treadmill testing (ETT) is an effective, noninvasive tool to evaluate cardiac risk in patients with diabetes, according to the results of a study reported in the August issue of Diabetes Care. Read More This Post...
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Radiographic lumbar spondylosis is highly prevalent in the elderly and disc space narrowing may be a risk factor for low back pain, according to the results of a Japanese population-based cohort study reported in the August 21 Online First issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Read More This Post...
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Inflammatory markers are independent predictors of congestive heart failure (CHF) and likely reflect the link between obesity and CHF, a new study suggests [1]. In a new analysis of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), researchers led by Dr Hossein Bahrami (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD) report that serum interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), and albuminuria all predicted the development of CHF over four years, independent of obesity or other established risk factors. Read More This Post...
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New HIV treatment guidelines issued by the International AIDS Society–USA urge starting therapy sooner. The guidelines incorporate both newly approved drugs and a greater understanding of disease pathology. They were unveiled here at a news conference in Mexico City prior to the start of the AIDS 2008: XVII International AIDS Conference and are published in the August 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read More This Post...
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