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Niacin Is Ineffective in Patients with Established Cardiovascular Disease

Niacin plus simvastatin was no better than simvastatin alone.

Missing Components in Discharge Summaries to Subacute Care Centers

Delayed discharge summary creation and lack of training are associated with omissions.

Growing Hair with Botox

Mean hair counts rose and mean hair loss slowed after injections of botulinum toxin A.

Improvement in U.S. Heart Failure Outcomes, 1998–2008

Hospitalizations declined by 30%, and 1-year mortality declined by 7%.

Quality of Life Improves After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

One-year health-related quality-of-life findings from the PARTNER trial are encouraging.

Serum Cholesterol Might Not Affect Mortality in Elders

In healthy older persons, high cholesterol levels were associated with lower noncardiovascular-related mortality.

Life Review Therapy Is Promising for Moderate Depressive Symptoms

Older adults, especially extroverts, did well with this therapy combining a structured review of the past with a framework based on narrative therapy.

Focused Update: ACC/AHA Guidelines on Peripheral Arterial Disease

Revised recommendations emphasize early detection of PAD, prevention of cardiovascular events, and the equivalence of surgical and endovascular revascularization.

Which Patients Respond to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy?

A score of at least 5 on a 14-point scale comprising 7 patient factors was a significant predictor of reverse remodeling among CRT recipients in the MADIT-CRT trial.

Cognitive Impairment and Mortality

A simple screening tool can identify people with cognitive impairment who have elevated mortality risk.

Care Transitions Pose High Risk for Medication Errors

An observational study reveals that many hospitalized patients have their longstanding medications inadvertently discontinued on discharge.

Testosterone Levels Are Low in Drug-Naive Men with Schizophrenia

These low levels may reflect accelerated aging.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Revisits Prostate Cancer Screening

In a preliminary draft, the USPSTF recommends against prostate-specific antigen screening.

Vitamin D Appears to Prevent Falls in Some High-Risk Subgroups

The benefit appeared limited to those who received >800 IU of vitamin D daily.

Short-Term Stroke Risk in Patients Who Suffer Transient Ischemic Attacks

Combining magnetic resonance imaging and ABCD2 scoring improves stroke prediction.

Asymptomatic Bradycardia Does Not Predict Mortality in Older Adults

In a single-center cohort, untreated bradycardia in adults older than 60 was associated with eventual pacemaker placement but did not increase mortality risk.

Elevated Risk for Prostate Cancer Found with Vitamin E Supplementation

Clinicians should counsel older men about vitamin E use.

Divalproex Might Shrink the Brain

Patients with Alzheimer disease showed brain atrophy and cognitive problems in the first year of receiving divalproex.

Dietary Supplement Use and Mortality in Older Women

Several supplements were associated with increased mortality, but calcium lowered risk.

Time in Therapeutic Range for Warfarin — A European Success Story

A Swedish registry and quality-improvement program resulted in a mean TTR of more than 75%.

Exercising One's Brain May Keep It Young

Learning how to play golf seems to increase gray matter in regions involved in motor learning and in the dorsal stream of the visual cortex.

GCS Score <15 Represents Greater Risk in Elders Than in Younger Patients

At each Glasgow Coma Scale score from 15 to 13, outcomes were worse in elders than in younger patients.

Some Subjective Memory Complaints Predict Cognitive Dysfunction

Several questions about memory might help clinicians decide which patients deserve further evaluation.

Effect of Advance Directives on End-of-Life Expenditures Varies Regionally

Medical expenditures were lower only in regions where Medicare costs are high.

α-Lipoic Acid Is Ineffective for Diabetic Neuropathy

Objective improvement was borderline, and symptom relief was nil.

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