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Nothing Fishy About It: Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Heart Failure

In a large randomized trial, adding an inexpensive, widely available supplement to heart failure treatment provided a modest but significant incremental benefit.

Oxybutynin and Tamsulosin for Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Combination therapy improves symptom scores in men with urinary symptoms.

Another Look at Screening with CT Colonography

With conventional colonoscopy as the gold standard, sensitivity of CT in this study was 90%.

Diabetes and Mortality in Men with Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer patients with diabetes did not have higher risk for prostate cancer mortality than did prostate cancer patients without diabetes.

Doubt Cast on Initial Dopamine Agonists for Parkinson Disease

Initiating Parkinson disease treatment with the dopamine agonist bromocriptine conferred no long-term advantages over initial levodopa therapy.

Pathology in Primary Progressive Aphasia

Clinical subtypes of PPA do not correlate one-to-one with pathology.

Antipsychotics Increase Risk for Stroke in Elders

The presence of dementia worsens the risk.

Do Elders Face Worse Prognoses in Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding?

Researchers examined whether comorbidities and severity of bleeding are more reliable than patient age as predictors of clinical outcome in UGIB.

Race, Sex, and Age Differences in the Prevalence of Colon Polyps

Large polyps are more common in blacks, men, and older patients.

Thrombolysis for Stroke Within 4.5 Hours Is Safe and Effective

But still, the sooner treatment is administered, the better!

What Is the Optimal Interval for Screening Colonoscopy?

At 5-year repeat colonoscopy, only 1% of 1250 participants had advanced neoplasms.

Trial-Proven Fall-Prevention Strategies Disappoint in the Community

In two community-based studies, trial-proven interventions failed to prevent falls.

Diminished CD4-Cell Recovery in Older Patients Despite Good Adherence

A small retrospective study highlights the importance of detecting HIV early in older individuals.

Something Fishy for the Brain: Do Supplements and Fish Help?

At least in the short term, effects are modest and limited to specific subgroups.

Napping in Elders Might Not Affect Quantity or Quality of Nighttime Sleep

Two observational studies show that taking a daily nap didn’t affect nighttime sleep adversely.

Aspirin Does Not Affect Cognitive Function in People at Moderate CV Risk

Results of a double-blind randomized trial in middle-aged and older patients indicate no effect of long-term low-dose aspirin use on cognitive function.

Prevalence of Pelvic Floor Disorders in Women

Nearly one quarter of U.S. women have marked disorders.

Telmisartan in ACE-Inhibitor–Intolerant Patients: A Disappointment

In a placebo-controlled trial, researchers found an unexpectedly low, statistically nonsignificant reduction in clinical outcomes.

Use of Proton-Pump Inhibitors Is Associated with Excess Risk for Osteoporosis-Related Fractures

Notably, continuous PPI use for ≥5 years was associated with significant excess risk for hip fracture.

Combined Hormone Therapy and Health-Related Quality of Life

Even in women long past menopause, combined HT might improve health-related quality of life.

Prostatectomy vs. Observation for Localized Prostate Cancer: Another Update

For some patients, radical prostatectomy confers benefit that persists for longer than a decade.

Radical Prostatectomy vs. Watchful Waiting

Surgery was associated with lower risk for mortality and metastases in men younger than 65.

A Promising New DBS Target for Tremor

Stimulation of the zona incerta was effective for several types of tremor.

Good Outcomes for Thrombolysis at 3.0 to 4.5 Hours After Stroke

In a large registry study, rates of mortality, symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, and independence at 3 months were similar between patients treated with alteplase within 3.0 hours and patients treated at 3.0 to 4.5 hours after ischemic stroke onset.

SSRIs May Break Bones

Two studies in older populations add to the evidence base.

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