Internal Medicine
Home Internal Medicine
Transition to Public Insurance Ups Post-Heart Transplant Death
Lower mortality seen for patients who transition from public to private health insurance
Infective Endocarditis Incidence 1.1 Percent After TAVR
Factors associated with infective endocarditis include younger age, male sex, diabetes mellitus
Pain and Itch Highly Prevalent Months After Herpes Zoster
Pain linked to increased costs and has large impact on quality of life; itch has limited impact on QoL
Many Medicare Patients Non-Adherent to Antihypertensives
Antihypertensive medication regimens should be made as easy-to-follow as possible
Similar Outcomes for Permissive Underfeeding, Standard Feeding
For critically ill patients, outcomes similar in those at high, low nutritional risk
Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity Up Risk of Mortality in CRC
Obese patients with metabolic syndrome have increased risk of all-cause, CRC-related death
U-Shaped Link for Fish Consumption, Mortality
Women only have increased mortality risk at the highest level of fish consumption
New Anticancer Drugs Up Costs and Life Expectancy Considerably
Lifetime costs up $72,000, life expectancy up 13 months with new drug use in breast cancer
Advanced Glycation End Products Tied to Renal Function Loss
AGEs improve RFL prediction in American-Indians with type 2 diabetes
Too Few Diabetes Patients Receiving Statins
Two in five middle-aged patients don't get the medications, despite recommendations to do so
