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The model is based on the importance of relationships among clinicians in delivering effective patient-centered care and flexibility gained from ongoing case-based learning.
Medscape Medical News

Statin use by women cuts their risk of primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) events by roughly a third, which is similar to the risk reduction seen in men, research shows.
Reuters Health Information

Diabetics who wear insulin pumps appear more likely to experience problems from improper use than a device defect, members of a U.S. government advisory panel said on Friday.
Reuters Health Information

In a prospective cohort study, normal-weight women drinking light to moderate amounts of alcohol appeared to gain less weight and have less risk for overweight and obesity than nondrinkers.
Medscape Medical News

New research shows that primary care physicians are referring their patients for computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging examinations for inappropriate reasons.
Medscape Medical News

Drug-eluting stent (DES) use in occluded vein grafts is not standard practice but is used off-label. Is the existing data sufficient to indicate DES over bare metal stents post CABG?
American Heart Journal

LMWH approaches in the cath lab can be readily monitored with the point-of-care activated clotting time (ACT) assay. This review explains how and why.
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from the meeting.
Medscape Dermatology

Highlights include two ACCORD analyses looking at blood pressure and lipids, the EVEREST II results with the MitraClip, the MM-WES study of warfarin genotyping, plus a range of DES, HF, and atrial-fibrillation studies that may help answer the question of what therapies work best and at the best price.
Heartwire

In a longitudinal study, extremes in sleep duration were related to increases in visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in minority young adults.
Medscape Medical News

Prednisolone 40 mg daily for 1 week did not improve outcome in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia, but a benefit in more severely ill patients could not be excluded.
Medscape Medical News

A study shows that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and statins can nearly halve the risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients taking proton-pump inhibitors for Barrett's esophagus.
Reuters Health Information

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Created: 3/5/2010 12:10:00 PM
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Title: Bans on Same-Sex Marriage May Affect Mental Health
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Created: 3/5/2010 12:10:00 PM
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Title: Identifying Older Drivers at Risk of Crashes
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Created: 3/5/2010 2:10:00 PM
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Title: Treating Gum Disease May Thwart Preterm Births
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Created: 3/5/2010 2:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 3/8/2010