Internal Medicine News articles from September 2008

Internal Medicine News archives from September 2008

Simple steps help prevent foot ulcers.
September 1, 2008... WASHINGTON -- The use of therapeutic shoes and home monitoring of foot skin temperature by diabetic patients at high risk for foot ulceration are simple preventive measures that could greatly reduce costs and improve patient outcomes if adopted...

Vital signs.(News)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Expenditures Increased for Allergic Rhinitis (per patient in 2005 dollars) 2000 2005 Children < 18 years $253 $434 All ages $350 $520 Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ...

HT may benefit postmenopausal cognition, memory: three new studies contradict past results.(News)(Hormone therapy)
September 1, 2008... CHICAGO -- Hormone therapy might preserve cognition and memory in postmenopausal women, and even attenuate some of the cognitive deficits that occur in Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests. Controversy exists over the possible...

Rhinitis guidelines revised for first time in 10 years.(News)
September 1, 2008... New guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of rhinitis emphasize the value of newer medications and treatment combinations, especially in identifying drugs that are effective in symptom-provoking environments. The guidelines, last...

Guidelines endorse earlier treatment of HIV.(News)(Human Immunodeficiency virus)
September 1, 2008... Initial antiretroviral treatment of HIV infection in asymptomatic adults should begin before CD4 cell counts drop below 350/mcL, according to new treatment guidelines announced at the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. The...

Protocol endorsed for care of diabetic foot.(News)
September 1, 2008... A simple protocol can assess the diabetic foot for the presence of predisposing factors for ulcerations and amputation, and can be used to guide treatment, according to recommendations developed by an American Diabetes Association task force....

Boxed warning added to diabetic foot and leg ulcer drug.(News)
September 1, 2008... Information about the increased risk of cancer-related deaths in patients who have used three or more tubes of becaplermin is now included in a boxed warning on the label of the diabetic foot and leg ulcer treatment. The Food and Drug...

Blood test may identify Alzheimer's disease.(News)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... CHICAGO -- A simple blood test could soon allow clinicians--even primary care physicians--to diagnose Alzheimer's disease accurately if a final validation study succeeds as optimistic researchers hope. In an initial study of 88 patients,...

FDA issues conflict-of-interest rules for advisers.(News)(United States. Food and Drug Administration)(Editorial)
September 1, 2008... Experts serving on the Food and Drug Administration's advisory committees are now subject to new rules aimed at ensuring that they do not have conflicts of interest that could bias their decisions. The FDA has issued four final guidance...

Drug in new RA class okayed by advisory panel.(NEWS FROM THE FDA)
September 1, 2008... SILVER SPRING, MD. -- Tocilizumab's many side effects prompted much discussion during a meeting of the Food and Drug Administration's Arthritis Advisory Committee but did not prevent the drug from winning its recommendation for approval. ...

Simvastatin-amiodarone interaction risky, FDA FDA warns.(NEWS)(United States. Food and Drug Administration)
September 1, 2008... Patients on amiodarone and simvastatin should not take more than 20 mg of the statin a day, because of an increased risk of rhabdomyolysis when the two drugs are used together, according to a Food and Drug Administration alert. "This risk...

FDA approves novel assay for determining HER2 status.(News)(human epidermal growth factor receptor 2)(United States. Food and Drug Administration)
September 1, 2008... The Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel assay for assessing HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) status in breast cancer patients being considered for treatment with trastuzumab. The SPOT-Light test, manufactured by...

Paying for advanced medical imaging.(GUEST EDITORIAL)
September 1, 2008... Advances in imaging technology can promote earlier, safer, and more precise detection of disease. More than 80 million medical imaging tests are performed annually in the United States at a cost of more than $100 billion. About 15% of that...

Patient advocates make good partners.(GUEST EDITORIAL)(Guest editorial)
September 1, 2008... Let's say your practice has decided to offer a day of free cardiovascular screening to members of the local immigrant community. You post announcements in community newspapers and distribute flyers. But only a few patients show up. Why? ...

Nice hotels are no protection.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... Dr. Sukhjit Takhar says that we do not see food- or water-borne illnesses "in businessmen who are staying in Hiltons and eating Western food" ("Unwanted Souvenirs Can Plague World Travelers," July 15, p. 42). I disagree. Even if travelers...

Shave reduction plus imiquimod curbs Keloids.(Dermatology)
September 1, 2008... VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Keloids are less likely to recur when treated with shave reduction and secondary-intention healing with application of imiquimod cream than when treated by surgery alone, according to a study of 51 keloids in 23 patients. ...

Jury still out on link between NSAIDs and melanoma risk.(Dermatology)(Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
September 1, 2008... KYOTO, JAPAN -- Does regular use of aspirin or other NSAIDs protect against melanoma? The question remains wide open following the presentation of two large, well-controlled studies that drew diametrically opposite conclusions at an...

Maternal asthma drugs may be teratogenic.(Women's Health)
September 1, 2008... MONTEREY, CALIF. -- Women who take anti-inflammatories for asthma during the first trimester of pregnancy have an elevated risk of giving birth to an infant with anorectal atresia, according to results of a multicenter, case-control study of...

Zoledronic acid cuts risk of breast ca relapses.(Women's Health)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... The addition of zoledronic acid to endocrine therapy reduced the risk of relapse by 36% among premenopausal women with early-stage, endocrine-responsive breast cancer in a randomized phase III trial of more than 1,800 women. The Austrian...

Metformin may improve response to breast cancer treatment.(Women's Health)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... CHICAGO -- The widely used diabetes drug metformin may have an antitumor effect, according to data from a retrospective study of more than 2,500 breast cancer patients, including 155 women with diabetes. Patients taking metformin for...

Exercise OK after axillary clearance in breast cancer.(Women's Health)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... CHICAGO -- Women with breast cancer don't need to limit their physical activity following axillary clearance for fear of developing arm lymphedema, according to a prospective study of 204 women. Ase Sagen and her colleagues at Ulleval...

Surgery plus radiation boosts prostate ca survival.(Urology)
September 1, 2008... ORLANDO -- Adjuvant radiotherapy following prostate cancer surgery improved overall and metastatic disease-free survival, compared with surgery alone, according to 12-year results of an ongoing, randomized prospective study. Adjuvant...

Prostate ca screening not helpful after age 75.(Urology)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... The potential harms associated with prostate cancer screening in asymptomatic men older than 75 years outweigh any potential benefits from cancer treatment, according to new recommendations issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. ...

Continuous androgen deprivation may increase the risk of bone fractures.(Urology)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... Six or more months of continuous androgen-deprivation therapy was associated with significantly increased risk of fragility fractures and type 2 diabetes in an observational study of nearly 20,000 men aged 66 years and older with prostate...

Monitor forearm bone density loss.(Urology)
September 1, 2008... SAN FRANCISCO -- Checking bone mineral density in the forearm as well as the spine and hip in 181 men on androgen-deprivation therapy identified more patients with bone loss than did using densitometry on the spine and hip alone in a recent...

Medical expulsive therapy does the job for small stones.(Urology)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... ORLANDO -- Medical expulsion of urinary stones is appropriate for patients who meet criteria outlined in international guidelines, many of which are based on level I evidence in the literature, Dr. Stephen Y. Nakada said at the annual meeting...

PPIs not helpful in asthma without GERD.(Pulmonary Medicine)(Gastroesophageal reflux disease)(oton pump inhibitors)
September 1, 2008... TORONTO -- Treatment with a proton pump inhibitor did not improve asthma control in patients with poorly controlled asthma and minimal or no symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux, according to results from a large study presented at an...

Severe, refractory asthma persists despite current guidelines.(Pulmonary Medicine)
September 1, 2008... TORONTO -- Many patients with severe, refractory asthma are unable to control it well despite the availability of updated guidelines, even in subspecialty care, said Dr. Amandeep S. Gill of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. The...

Steroid resistance common in asthma patients.(Pulmonary Medicine)
September 1, 2008... TORONTO -- Steriod resistance is increasingly being recognized as a factor contributing to uncontrolled asthma and progression of lung disease, according to a pediatric allergy/immunology expert. Resistance to inhaled corticosteroids is...

Celecoxib reduced lung lesion biomarker levels.(Pulmonary Medicine)
September 1, 2008... CHICAGO -- Short-term treatment with high-dose celecoxib reduced expression levels for a biomarker associated with precancerous lung lesions in a chemoprevention study of about 200 current and former smokers, according to data presented at the...

Zelapar reduces dopamine agonist-related events.(Neurology)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... CHICAGO -- In a group of patients with motor fluctuations and dopamine agonist-related side effects, adding orally disintegrating selegiline and decreasing the dopamine agonist dose reduced these adverse events without worsening Parkinson's...

Dopaminergics appear to impair impulse control.(Neurology)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... CHICAGO -- Evidence continues to accumulate that dopaminergic therapy increases the odds of impulse control disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease. Dopamine agonist (DA)-treated patients had two- to threefold elevated odds of...

Partial dopamine agonist beneficial in early Parkinson's.(Neurology)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... CHICAGO -- Monotherapy with the investigational agent pardoprunox significantly improved symptoms in patients with early-stage Parkinson's disease in a multi-center phase II clinical trial. The mean change from baseline in Unified...

Routine ischemia screens not needed in diabetes.(Endocrinology)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... SAN FRANCISCO -- Patients with type 2 diabetes and no cardiac symptoms or prior coronary artery disease had a surprisingly low risk of nonfatal MI or cardiac death with or without routine screening in a study of 1,119 patients. The 3%...

Fewer CV events may occur with atorvastatin.(Endocrinology)(cardiovascular)
September 1, 2008... SAN FRANCISCO -- All statins may not be created equal as far as diabetes patients are concerned, according to a recent study. Among patients with diabetes initiating statin therapy for the first time, those who took atorvastatin experienced...

Stepwise progress made toward artificial pancreas.(Endocrinology)
September 1, 2008... KEYSTONE, COLO -- Regulatory approval of a closed-loop medical equipment-based artificial pancreas will probably come in stages--and the first piece to get the nod will likely be automatic shut-off of an insulin pump in response to a continuous...

Mediterranean, low-carb diets as safe, effective as AHA diet.(Endocrinology)(American Heart Association Diet)(low carbohydrate diet)
September 1, 2008... Both the Mediterranean diet and the low-carbohydrate (Atkins) diet proved to be as safe and effective for inducing weight loss in moderately obese subjects as was the American Heart Association's low-fat, restricted-calorie diet, according to a...

Education key to preventing female athlete triad.(Sports Medicine)
September 1, 2008... SEATTLE -- Education and the collaborative efforts of a team of professionals are important for preventing the female athlete triad, according to Sharon H. Thompson, Ed.D. The definition of the condition was expanded recently, said Dr....

Ergogenic agents offer few benefits and plenty of risks.(Sports Medicine)
September 1, 2008... VANCOUVER, B.C. -- When it comes to improving performance in young athletes, the tried and true approaches--such as a balanced diet and adequate training--trump the energy drinks, supplements, and drugs. Although anabolic androgenic...

Extra ICD shocks may be harmful to health.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(implantable cardioverter defibrillators)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... SAN FRANCISCO -- Inappropriate shocks from implantable cardioverter defibrillators are common and may cause harm, a review of the literature suggests. "There are not a great deal of data that enable us to separate out the adverse effects...

Atherectomy for limb ischemia has good results.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
September 1, 2008... NEW YORK -- The largest and longest study to date of the Silverhawk percutaneous excisional atherectomy device showed that it is "an essential tool" for surgeons treating patients with lower-extremity peripheral artery disease, according to a...

A-fib affects quality of life of patient and spouse equally.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(atrial fibrillation)(Survey)
September 1, 2008... SAN FRANCISCO -- Atrial fibrillation affects the quality of life of both patients and their spouses in equal measure, a survey of 264 patients and 94 spouses suggests. "When you're educating patients about atrial fibrillation, it's...

Less a-fib seen with statins in postmenopausal women.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... SAN FRANCISCO -- Postmenopausal women with coronary heart disease were less likely to develop atrial fibrillation if they were taking statins, a secondary analysis of data on 2,673 patients found. The prevalence of atrial fibrillation was...

Risky sex behaviors in HIV-positive adults studied.(Infectious Diseases)(Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
September 1, 2008... MEXICO CITY -- About one-third of HIV-positive adults have recently engaged in sexual behavior that could put others at risk for infection, but the factors associated with such behavior differ for women, heterosexual men, and men who have sex...

Kaposi's incidence shows rapid rise and fall over 3 decades.(Infectious Diseases)
September 1, 2008... KYOTO, JAPAN -- The incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma among American men jumped more than 30-fold in the 1980s with the AIDS epidemic, peaked around 1991, and then declined rapidly in concert with the introduction of highly active antiretroviral...

Multicentric castleman's disease increasing in HIV.(Infectious Diseases)(Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
September 1, 2008... CHICAGO -- The incidence of multicentric Castleman's disease is increasing among patients with human immunodeficiency virus, including those who have access to highly active antiretroviral therapy, Mark Bower, Ph.D., reported in a poster at the...

Skin infections from community MRSA rising.(Infectious Diseases)(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
September 1, 2008... SAN FRANCISCO -- Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus--almost unheard of 10 years ago--has become the single biggest cause of skin infections in the United States, Dr. Greg Moran said at the 12th International...

Evaluating new ICU fever.(THE EFFECTIVE PHYSICIAN)(Intensive care units)
September 1, 2008... Background Managing critically ill adults is a complex and resource-intensive undertaking. The American College of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Society of America recently updated guidelines for the evaluation of...

Bariatric surgery has advantages in disabled.(Gastroenterology)
September 1, 2008... NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. -- Disabled Medicare patients who undergo bariatric surgery may have higher operative mortality and a greater rate of complications than those outside of the federal program, but these risks appear to be counterbalanced by...

Sleeve gastrectomy may trump gastric banding in the short term.(Gastroenterology)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... PHILADELPHIA -- Morbidly obese patients who undergo laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy may lose significantly more weight in a shorter time period than those who undergo laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, according to a retrospective study...

Pouch emptying after bypass may predict weight loss.(Gastroenterology)
September 1, 2008... PHILADELPHIA -- Patients with slow or no gastric pouch emptying on an upper GI study 1 day after undergoing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass may have less weight loss at 1 year than would patients with normal, prompt pouch emptying,...

Vitamin D deficiency after gastric bypass predicted by preop levels.(Gastroenterology)(preoperative)(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... SAN DIEGO -- Several preoperative factors--a longer bypass limb length, low vitamin D levels, and African American ethnicity--were significant predictors of postoperative vitamin D deficiency in a study of 145 patients undergoing gastric bypass...

Policy & Practice.
September 1, 2008... Part D premiums for 2009 Medicare beneficiaries can expect to pay an average of about $28 per month for standard Part D prescription drug coverage next year. The estimates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are based on...

States boosting SCHIP despite budget woes and bush vetoes.(Practice Trends)(State Children's Health Insurance Program)
September 1, 2008... Even though the Bush administration has made it nearly impossible to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and the economic downturn has put a squeeze on Medicaid budgets, many states are keeping children covered and some are...

Oregon reviews 10 years of 'Death With Dignity'.(Practice Trends)
September 1, 2008... PHILADELPHIA -- While physicians in much of the United States struggle with issues surrounding end-of-life care, those in Oregon may help their terminally ill patients end their lives because of the state's groundbreaking, 10-year-old Death...

Primary care for older patients will get scarcer.(Practice Trends)
September 1, 2008... CRYSTAL CITY, VA. -- The shortage of primary care physicians schooled in caring for elderly patients will continue to worsen, according to an analysis of federal physician data. "Our nation is facing a growing shortage of physicians for the...

Primary care shortage data reveal some surprises.(Practice Trends)
September 1, 2008... CRYSTAL CITY, VA. -- Suppose the federal government has designated your part of the state as a physician shortage area, but charges haven't gone up and you still have lots of openings for new patients in your practice. Does that mean there's...

IMGs fill gaps in primary care physician shortage areas.(Practice Trends)(International medical graduates)(Survey)
September 1, 2008... ARLINGTON, VA. -- International medical graduates have become an integral part of providing medical care in federally designated physician shortage areas. "Compared to U.S.-trained physicians, IMGs provide more primary care and more...

U.S. can learn from other health care systems.(Practice Trends)
September 1, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Analysis of other countries' health care systems has pointed out what might work--and what won't work--in efforts to reform the U.S. health care system. At the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians, ACP senior...

Chronic conditions now top killers worldwide.(Practice Trends)
September 1, 2008... Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke are now the biggest killers worldwide, signifying the shift of global disease burden away from communicable diseases, the World Health Organization said in its annual international health...

Making medical inroads in India: global perspectives on medical practice.(WORLD WIDE MED)(Interview)
September 1, 2008... Dr. Renu Weiss had a longstanding desire to work with the destitute. When she heard about The Banyan, a facility that focuses on providing psychiatric and medical care for mentally ill destitute women in Chennai, India, she decided that working...

Indications.(Obesity )(Report)
September 1, 2008... When Fat Hits Below the Belt An Australian researcher thinks he may have found the ultimate weight-loss incentive for men: their pride. Not pride in what the mirror judges, but pride in sexual performance. It seems that being overweight or...

Pain relievers.(Cartoon)
September 1, 2008... "I'm sort of in internal medicine, but I spend most of my time taking phone calls from patients, straightening out billing snafus, answering e-mails, reviewing Medicare options for patients..."

FYI.
September 1, 2008... Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers A report based on the 2004-2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows growth in the number of people using prescription pain relievers nonmedically. Go to...

Costs of imaging attract scrutiny.
September 15, 2008... The Government Accountability Office is urging Congress to require Medicare to adopt prior authorization procedures for outpatient imaging services, saying that the federal health program's current approach has allowed costs to balloon. ...

Vital signs.(Statistical table)(Survey)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Most Uninsured Americans Aged 19-64 Years Had Medical Bill Problems * or Medical Debt in 2007 Uninsured during year Insured all year Total 61% 33%...

Antianginal drug cuts event rate in high-risk patients: trial also assessed resting heart rate risk.(Clinical report)
September 15, 2008... MUNICH -- The antianginal drug ivabradine reduced acute myocardial infarctions and need for coronary revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease, left ventricular dysfunction, and a resting heart rate of 70 beats per minute or...

Early Parkinson's progress slowed by rasagiline.(Clinical report)
September 15, 2008... MADRID -- Rasagiline may have a disease-modifying effect for patients with Parkinson's, delaying the progression of symptoms early in the disease at least in the short term, a new placebo-controlled trial has found. The study was designed...

Uninsured rate dipped lower in 2007, to 15.3%.(News)
September 15, 2008... The number of Americans without health insurance coverage dropped to 45.7 million in 2007, down from 47 million in 2006, mainly because of increased enrollment in government-funded health insurance programs, according to new data from the U.S....

Medical bills: 40% of adults struggle to pay.(News)
September 15, 2008... A growing number of working-age Americans are struggling to pay their medical bills or have gone into debt because of high medical expenses, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund. In 2007, 41% of U.S. adults aged younger than...

Everolimus-eluting coronary stent wins FDA approval.(NEWS FROM THE FDA)(Food and Drug Administration)(Abbott Vascular )
September 15, 2008... The Food and Drug Administration has approved the Xience V drug-eluting stent, with the requirement that the manufacturer conduct postmarketing studies, including one that follows rates of stent thrombosis and other events in recipients for 5...

Concerns persist about Byetta and pancreatitis.(NEWS FROM THE FDA)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... The Food and Drug Administration warned physicians to immediately discontinue use of exenatide (Byetta) if pancreatitis is suspected, saying that it has received reports of six cases of necrotizing or hemorrhagic pancreatitis--including two...

FDA approves oral palonosetron for chemotherapy-related nausea.(NEWS FROM THE FDA)(Food and Drug Administration)
September 15, 2008... The Food and Drug Administration has approved a capsule formulation of palonosetron for prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, according to the drug's manufacturer, Eisai Co. Ltd. Palonosetron, a 5-[hydroxytryptamine.sub.3]...

Neuroleptic is first drug approved for relief of Huntington's chorea.(NEWS FROM THE FDA)
September 15, 2008... The Food and Drug Administration has approved tetrabenazine for treating chorea in patients with Huntington's disease. Tetrabenazine (Xenazine), the first treatment of any kind to be approved in the United States for the disease, also is...

CSF protein predicts development of Alzheimer's.(News)(cerebrospinal fluid)(Clinical report)
September 15, 2008... CHICAGO -- A combination of specialized brain imaging and cerebrospinal amyloid beta42 measurements powerfully predicts the presence--and absence--of Alzheimer's-type dementia. For several years researchers have focused on A[[beta].sub.42]...

BCC clearance seen long term with imiquimod.(News)(Clinical report)
September 15, 2008... CHICAGO -- Clearance of superficial basal cell carcinoma following successful treatment with imiquimod 5% cream was sustained in a high proportion of patients during 5 years of follow-up in a phase III, multicenter, open-label study. The...

Take the stress out of primary care.(Guest editorial)
September 15, 2008... We've all been there many times. "Doctor, my headaches have been so bad since I've been stressed out." During that 15-minute visit, you also have to deal with the patient's diabetes, hypertension, sore foot, and maybe even some chest pain. And...

More discussion on HSAs.(Letters)(health savings accounts)(Letter to the editor)
September 15, 2008... Regarding the opinion piece on health savings accounts, both Dr. Steffie Woolhandler and Greg Scandlen omitted important facts ("Do high deductible plans coupled with HSAs promote underinsurance?" Point/Counterpoint, July 1, 2008, p. 14). ...

Forced cultural competency needless.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 15, 2008... While it is acceptable that the AMA has apologized for their past discriminatory practices, they are merely another group that has done so in a long line of apologists, including the U.S. government ("AMA Apologizes for Racial Discrimination...

Health care providers have needs, too.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 15, 2008... While I agree with Dr. Steven Kreisman that health care is not a right, I disagree with his stated reason ("Health Care Must Be Earned," Letters, Aug. 1, 2008, p. 12). Another way to look at the issue is that if one has a right to have...

Our citizens merit health care.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 15, 2008... Dr. Steven Kreisman may be correct in observing government's complicity in "today's health care mess," but he is way off the mark in his attempt to moralize about human rights ("Health Care Must Be Earned," Letters, Aug. 1, 2008, p. 12). ...

Nursing homes address LGBT aging issues.(Geriatrics)(lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender )
September 15, 2008... A welcoming environment for gay and lesbian residents is a part of the culture at Village Nursing Home in New York City. Staff of the facility's parent, Village Care of New York Inc., screen prospective workers to ensure that they can care...

Supplemental fluids may not improve subcutaneous oxygen.(Geriatrics)
September 15, 2008... SAN DIEGO -- Although fluid intake can be safely increased in nursing home residents who have, or are at risk for, pressure ulcers and do not routinely ingest the prescribed amount of fluid, levels of subcutaneous oxygen may remain low, results...

Risk of suicide higher in elderly ca patients.(Geriatrics)
September 15, 2008... BOSTON -- The risk of suicide in older adults is higher among patients with cancer than among those with other medical illnesses, even after controlling for psychiatric illness and the risk of dying within 1 year, Dr. Matthew Miller reported at...