Cigarette Smoking and Stroke Risk in Young Women
Women's Health Summary and Comment
Stroke risk was substantially higher in current smokers than in never smokers or former smokers and increased sharply with number of cigarettes smoked daily.
Personalized Medicine for Quitting Smoking
Psychiatry Summary and Comment
Another step toward personalized medicine
By Steven Dubovsky, MD
September 29, 2008
Covering:
Patterson F et al., Clin Pharmacol Ther 2008 Sep; 84:320
Acute HCV Infection in HIV-Positive Men
Infectious Diseases Summary and Comment
More than 80% of HIV-infected men with newly acquired HCV had moderately advanced fibrosis.
Healthy Lifestyle’s Effect on Mortality Risk
Women's Health Summary and Comment
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Five lifestyle factors had individual and combined effects on risk for all-cause, CV, and cancer mortality.
By Wendy S. Biggs, MD
September 16, 2008
Covering:
van Dam RM et al., BMJ 2008 Sep 17; 337:a1440
Animal Study Explains Relapse After Rehab
Psychiatry Summary and Comment
Rats are conditioned to respond to the context as well as to the cue.
By Steven Dubovsky, MD
September 15, 2008
Covering:
Chaudhri N et al., Biol Psychiatry 2008 Aug 1; 64:203
Smoking Enhances Platelet Inhibition by Clopidogrel
Cardiology Summary and Comment
Results of an observational study substantiate a possible contributor to the variation in patient response to clopidogrel.
By Howard C. Herrmann, MD
September 10, 2008
Covering:
Bliden KP et al., J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 Aug 12; 52:531
IDUs and IE Site: Does Drug Choice Matter?
Infectious Diseases Summary and Comment
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Use of heroin, but not of other injection drugs, is associated with right-sided endocarditis.
A Sobering Report on College Drinking
Psychiatry Summary and Comment
The high rate of binge drinking has deleterious effects on drinkers and nondrinkers alike.
By Steven Dubovsky, MD
September 8, 2008
Covering:
Wechsler H and Nelson TF., J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2008 Jul; 69:481
No MJ for MS
Psychiatry Summary and Comment
Cannabis users with MS have impaired cognition.
By Jonathan Silver, MD
August 25, 2008
Covering:
Ghaffar O and Feinstein A., Neurology 2008 Jul 15; 71:164
Arnett PA., Neurology 2008 Jul 15; 71:160
Alcohol Problems in Military Personnel
General Medicine Summary and Comment
Combat exposure is associated with risk for new-onset alcohol-related problems in National Guard and Reserve personnel.
Smoking Bans and Acute Coronary Syndrome
Cardiology Summary and Comment
Results of a prospective observational study in Scotland confirm that banning smoking in public places reduces hospital admissions for ACS.
IDUs Benefit Fully from ART
Mortality curves after starting ART are similar for IDUs and non-IDUs.
By Abigail Zuger, MD
August 18, 2008
Covering:
Wood E et al., JAMA 2008 Aug 6; 300:550
Postdeployment Drinking
Psychiatry Summary and Comment
A prospective study shows increased risks for alcohol problems after combat exposure.
By Deborah Cowley, MD
August 18, 2008
Covering:
Jacobson IG et al., JAMA 2008 Aug 13; 300:663
Corrigan JD and Cole TB., JAMA 2008 Aug 13; 300:720
A Rapid Qualitative Test for Ethylene Glycol
Emergency Medicine Summary and Comment
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The colorimetric test was 100% sensitive and 89% specific.
How to Adopt New Evidence-Based Practices
Psychiatry Summary and Comment
This brief training can help.
Crack Cocaine Accelerates the Progression of HIV Disease
In a cohort of HIV-infected women, crack users had higher rates of new AIDS-defining illness and lower rates of 8-year survival than did nonusers.
Why Do You Think They Are Called Potheads?
Psychiatry Summary and Comment
Chronic heavy use is associated with low hippocampal volumes, psychopathology, and cognitive impairment.
By Steven Dubovsky, MD
July 21, 2008
Covering:
Yücel M et al., Arch Gen Psychiatry 2008 Jun; 65:694
Women, Men, Smoking, and Lung Cancer
Women's Health Summary and Comment
The association between smoking and lung cancer risk was equitable across the sexes.
Smoking Cessation and Mortality: Turning Back the Clock?
Women's Health Summary and Comment
At 20 years after quitting, past smokers' risk for death from all major causes was similar to that of never-smokers.
Brief Alcohol Counseling in the ED
General Medicine Summary and Comment
Brief counseling by an ED clinician was no more effective than scripted discharge instructions.
By Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
June 19, 2008
Covering:
D’Onofrio G et al., Ann Emerg Med 2008 Jun; 51:742.e2
Bernstein E and Bernstein J., Ann Emerg Med 2008 Jun; 51:751
We Worry About Jaundice in Young Infants, but Maltreatment Is a Bigger Problem
Of 905,000 substantiated maltreatment cases in 2006, 10% were reports of nonfatal maltreatment in infants younger than 1 year.
By William P. Kanto, Jr., MD
June 4, 2008
Covering:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)., MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2008 Apr 4; 57:336
Peer Supporters Might Prevent Onset of Smoking in Eighth-Graders
General Medicine Summary and Comment
Training students to talk informally with their peers about smoking offers an innovative way to discourage teens from picking up the habit.
By Bruce Soloway, MD
May 27, 2008
Covering:
Campbell R et al., Lancet 2008 May 10; 371:1595
Mermelstein R., Lancet 2008 May 10; 371:1556
Management of Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain and MI
Emergency Medicine Summary and Comment
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The most important differences from management of non–cocaine-associated chest pain and MI are use of benzodiazepines and avoidance of beta-blockers for patients with hypertension and tachycardia.
Psychiatric Disorders in Combat Zone Veterans: What Mandatory Screens Can Find
Psychiatry Summary and Comment
Postdeployment mental health screening results in high yields.
By Joel Yager, MD
May 12, 2008
Covering:
Seal KH et al., Am J Public Health 2008 Apr; 98:714
Smoking Prevention Intervention in Adolescents
General Medicine Summary and Comment
A specific provider- and peer-delivered intervention raised both continuing abstinence rates among nonsmokers and cessation rates among smokers.
