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Incidence of death and MI associated with stopping clopidogrel after ACS

Rates of death and myocardial infarction were assessed for a national sample of acute coronary syndrome patients after stopping clopidogrel. In the first 90 days after stopping treatment, patients experienced a nearly twofold increased risk of adverse events compared with subsequent follow-up intervals for patients treated medically without stents and for patients treated with coronary stents. This suggests a possible clopidogrel rebound effect, but additional studies are needed to support this hypothesis and to identify strategies to reduce early events after clopidogrel cessation.

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The Impact of Pollution on The Skin

A Lenox Hill Hospital dermatologist outlines the threats surrounding, and ideal therapies for, dermatological conditions brought on by pollution.

The Real Risks of Sitting

This study was a meta-analysis that examined the association between sedentary behavior and hospitalizations, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer in adults.

Ovarian Torsion during Pregnancy

White-coat hypertension and the development of sustained hypertension

For 50 years, hypertension has been recognized as the most significant risk factor for the development of symptomatic cardiovascular disease in Western society.

The Second Annual Gearhead's Holiday Gadget Buying Guide

A brief guide to the must-have gadgets for you and your loved ones this holiday season.

Politics = Inertia (Let the patient be damned!)

There's a concept in healthcare insurance where all risks in a community of interest, a market, are pooled - community rating; and then there's experience rating where the healthy are advantaged in more ways then one and the sick are marginalized, paying disproportionately more into the pool just to have a seat at the table.

How Should I manage This Young Woman's Painful Genital Ulcers

A 29-year-old female accountant is seen by you for painful lesions in the vulva. Her past medical history is notable only for the use of the hormonal contraceptive patch. She has been married for one year and denies a past history of herpes. Examination reveals two mildly tender grouped ulcerative lesions on the left labia.

Creatine kinase-MB elevation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in acute coronary syndromes

We evaluated more than 26 000 subjects from 4 large trials that included subjects with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes to determine the prognostic importance of creatine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB) elevation after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery during the index hospitalization. Results showed that mortality at 6 months increased with increasing peak CK-MB ratios (CK-MB value post-CABG/CK-MB upper limit of normal), and peak CK-MB ratio was an independent predictor of 6-month outcome.

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