Primary Care Reports articles from January 2003

Primary Care Reports archives from January 2003

An overview of the science and practice of humor--Ha!
January 6, 2003... Editor's Note--"I have good news and bad news,' the doctor said. `The good news is you have less than twenty-four hours to live.' `If that's the good news,' exclaimed the patient, `what's the bad?' The doctor replied, `I couldn't reach you...

CME questions.
January 6, 2003... 1. Psychoneuroimmunology is the field of research that: a. explores psychological immunity to neurotic and psychotic behavior patterns. b. explores the psychological and physiological effect of poor doctor-patient...

Effects of losartan on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with isolated systolic hypertension and LVH.(left ventricular hypertrophy)(Brief Article)
January 6, 2003... Source: Kjeldsen SE, et al. JAMA. 2002;1491-1498. SINCE THE EARLY 1990s IT HAS BEEN recognized that left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an important prognostic indicator for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. More recently, it has...

Increase in nocturnal blood pressure and progression to microalbuminuria in type 1 diabetes.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2003... Source: Lurbe E, et al. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:797-805. IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT AMONG persons with type 1 diabetes (DM-1), hypertension (HTN) often develops concomitantly with occurrence of microalbuminuria (MAU). Closer investigation with...

HRT, lipid, and glucose metabolism in diabetic and nondiabetic postmenopausal women.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2003... Source: Crespo CJ, et al. Diabetes Care. 2002;25:1675-1680. LIKE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, type 2 diabetes (DM-2) increases in postmenopausal women. Prospective randomized interventional trials have not shown a benefit for hormone...

Effects of long-term treatment with ACE inhibitors in the presence or absence of aspirin.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2003... Source: Teo Koon K, et al. Lancet. 2002;360:1037-1043. BOTH ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and aspirin (ASA) have a proven valuable track record in a variety of cardiovascular preventive and therapeutic areas. One of the...

Long-term risks associated with atrial fibrillation: 20-year follow-up of the Renfrew/Paisley study.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2003... Source: Simon S, et al. Am J Med. 2002;113:359-364. MOST OF THE STUDIES OF ATRIAL fibrillation (AF) that address cardiovascular (CV) consequences provide only short-term or intermediate-term insight (6 months-24 months). Long-term...

Olfactory impairment in older adults.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2003... Source: Murphy C, et al. JAMA. 2002;288:2307-2312. DESPITE WIDESPREAD ATTENTION to the demographics and management of hearing and visual impairments in older adults, there has been little study of olfactory impairments (OLF). Olfactory...

FDA approves Claritin for OTC use for seasonal rhinitis.
January 6, 2003... After years of legal wrangling, the FDA has approved loratadine (Claritin, Schering-Plough) as an over-the-counter (OTC) product for the treatment of seasonal rhinitis. Loratadine is considered a nonsedating antihistamine, and its OTC approval...