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FDA Forms New Tobacco Products Panel
Posted in Primary Care

Tue, 2/03/10 – 6:24 | No Comment

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Food and Drug Administration named members to its new Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee, which will have its first meeting at the end of the month to discuss menthol in cigarettes.

ASA: High Fat Intake Ups Stroke Risk in Older Women (CME/CE)
Posted in Primary Care, Stroke

Tue, 2/03/10 – 6:00 | No Comment

SAN ANTONIO (MedPage Today) — Postmenopausal women who eat the most fat have an elevated risk of ischemic stroke, researchers found.

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation Online Early March 1, 2010
Posted in Miscellaneous

Tue, 2/03/10 – 5:00 | No Comment

NEUROBIOLOGY: Common mechanism for more than 50% of cases of hereditary spastic paraplegia Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is the name given to a group of inherited neurological disorders characterized by progressive stiffness or tightness of the muscles (spasticity) in the lower limbs. Although mutations at over 40 genetic sites have been shown to cause HSP, more than 50% of HSP cases are caused by mutations in one of just three genes: SPG3A, which makes the protein atlastin-1; SPG31, which makes the protein REEP1; and SPG4, which makes the protein spastin…

Sense of Purpose Staves Off Alzheimer’s (CME/CE)
Posted in Primary Care

Tue, 2/03/10 – 4:59 | No Comment

Patients who maintain a greater sense of purpose in life as they age may be protected against Alzheimer’s disease, researchers have found.

Trends Reveal Shifts In The Pharmacy Profession Toward More Patient Care
Posted in Miscellaneous

Tue, 2/03/10 – 4:00 | No Comment

Results released today from the Pharmacy Manpower Project’s 2009 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey indicate shifts in the pharmacy profession toward more patient care. This 2009 report also provides insight into how the nation’s current economic situation has influenced the dynamics of the U.S. pharmacy workforce as nearly a quarter of pharmacists are practicing part-time and more are working past retirement age. This study is the third in a series of surveys commissioned by the Pharmacy Manpower Project, Inc. (PMP) since 2000 and has been highly anticipated throughout the industry…

AAAAI: Anaphylaxis to Meat Is Medium Rare (CME/CE, with video)
Posted in Allergy, Primary Care

Mon, 1/03/10 – 12:31 | No Comment

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) — An allergy to meat may be responsible for up to half of recurrent anaphylaxis cases without known cause, researchers said.

AAAAI: Fetal Tobacco Exposure Promotes Asthma (CME/CE)
Posted in Primary Care

Mon, 1/03/10 – 10:25 | No Comment

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) — Maternal smoking in pregnancy may be a more powerful influence on asthma development in children than when infants inhale secondhand smoke or are breastfed by smoking moms, researchers said here.

Nap Habit Perks Up Diabetes Risk (CME/CE)
Posted in Primary Care, diabetes

Mon, 1/03/10 – 9:08 | No Comment

Even intentional napping may increase older adults’ risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a large Chinese cohort study.

PET Scan Measures Brain Plaque Reductions in Alzheimer’s (CME/CE)
Posted in Primary Care

Mon, 1/03/10 – 6:38 | No Comment

A new PET scan neuroimaging technique measured drug-related reductions in the size of brain plaques thought to be responsible for the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study found.

ASA: Coffee Drinkers Have Lower Stroke Risk (CME/CE)
Posted in Primary Care, Stroke

Fri, 26/02/10 – 8:38 | No Comment

SAN ANTONIO (MedPage Today) — Drinking just one cup of coffee a day was associated with a lower chance of suffering a stroke, a large, prospective study showed.