WHO: Estimated Incidence of Curable STIs 376.4 Million in 2016
Estimated 127.2, 86.9, 156.0, and 6.3 million cases reported for chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, syphilis
Lowering Cholesterol Levels May Worsen Nerve Damage in T2DM
Higher number of nerve lesions, declining nerve conduction velocities and amplitudes seen
Workplace Exposures Contribute to Burden of Respiratory Disease
Substantial contribution seen to burden of diseases including asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis, fibrosis
Burden of New-Onset A-Fib Considerable After TAVI, AVR
Odds of in-hospital mortality increased in TAVI, AVR hospitalization with new-onset atrial fibrillation
Carotid Atherosclerosis Predicts CV Events in Psoriatic Disease
After controlling for Framingham Risk Score, TPA, mean and max cIMT predict incident CVEs
Emgality Receives First FDA Approval for Treating Cluster Headache
Patients treated with Emgality had 8.7 fewer cluster headache attacks at 3.0 weeks versus 5.2 with placebo
No Evidence of Legacy Effect Seen for Intensive Glucose Lowering
Findings based on 15-year follow-up study conducted among veterans with type 2 diabetes
Increase in CV Mortality Smaller With Medicaid Expansion
Counties in states that expanded Medicaid had significantly smaller increase in cardiovascular mortality
May 2019 Briefing – Internal Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Internal Medicine for May 2019. This roundup includes the...
Current Strategies for Measles Vaccination Insufficient
Current policies will not eliminate measles or prevent future resurgence in seven high-income countries
