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Some athletes with irregular heartbeat caused by long QT syndrome and athletes with long QT syndrome who have implanted pacemakers or defibrillators may be able to play competitive sports

New Advisory OKs Some Athletes With Heart Conditions to Play

Statement from cardiology groups applies only to those participating in organized sports
New electronic health record regulations modify Stage 2 of the meaningful use program and finalize requirements for Stage 3

New Electronic Health Record Regulations Released

New regulations modify Stage 2 of meaningful use program and finalize requirements for Stage 3
Regular consumption of soda or sweetened fruit drinks may increase risk for heart failure in men

Sweetened Drinks Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Failure

Findings for two servings or more daily in men
Women with high levels of abdominal fat in their first trimester are at increased risk for diabetes later in pregnancy

GDM Risk Higher With More Abdominal Fat in First Trimester

Higher levels of fat equal higher risk of developing diabetes at 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy
Online cognitive behavioral therapy can help with anxiety

Online Cognitive Therapy May Benefit Some Patients

But remote counseling is not suited to people with severe mental illness, researchers say
For elderly patients with hypertension

Benefits, Harms of HTN Drugs Should be Considered for Elderly

Untreated hypertension linked to morbidity, mortality; potential harms associated with treatment
Triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori can cause erythema multiforme

H. pylori Triple Therapy Linked to Erythema Multiforme

Case report describes 69-year-old who developed EM after seven days of triple antibiotic therapy

October 2015 Briefing – Internal Medicine

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Internal Medicine for October 2015. This roundup includes the...
Newer antianginal medications such as ranolazine show substantial outcome improvements in chronic stable angina pectoris compared to traditional medications

Ranolazine Bests Old School Antianginal Medications

Older medications show greater odds for revascularization, higher ER rates
Prediabetes is associated with incident cardiovascular disease

Prediabetes Linked to Incident Cardiovascular Disease

In U.K. cohort, association varied with ethnicity and with prediabetes definition criterion