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October 2013
Is There Something to Be Said for Eating Breakfast Daily?
October 01, 2013
Article
CME Reviews
A study examines the potential for an increased risk of coronary heart disease because of skipping breakfast.
What Your Patients Are Reading
October 01, 2013
Article
What Your Patients Are Reading
Rethinking medical education about obesity and more news that your patients are reading.
Meeting Report: European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2013 Congress
October 01, 2013
Article
Meeting Report
A review of the ACCOAST, ASSURE, Edoxaban Hokusai-VTE, EXAMINE, PRAMI, RE-ALIGN, and SAVOR-TIMI 53, and TAO studies presented at the European Society of Cardiology 2013 Congress.
Gliptins in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
October 01, 2013
Article
Diabetes
Aparna M. Bhagavat, MD, FACC, says gliptins have a promising role in the control of type 2 diabetes, as they decrease A1C without hypoglycemia, weight gain, or any obvious adverse effects on cardiovascular outcomes.
A New Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Drug on the Horizon
October 01, 2013
Article
CME Reviews
In pulmonary arterial hypertension patients, riociguat serves as a reasonable first-line alternative to PDE-5 inhibitors or in combination therapy with an endothelin antagonist or inhaled prostacyclin analogues.
Childhood Blood Pressure Trends and Risk Factors for Hypertension
October 01, 2013
Article
CME Reviews
Examining data from the National Health and Nutrition Exam Survey tells physicians a great deal about childhood obesity and risk factors for high blood pressure.
Hospital and Post Acute Care Payment Methods
October 01, 2013
Article
CME Reviews
Diana Fancher, DNP, MBA, RN, says replacing the fee-for-service model with bundled payments has its own set of problems.
Geographic Variation in Procedure Use Among Medicare Recipients
October 01, 2013
Article
CME Reviews
The wide variation in geographic utilization of coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, despite reimbursement structure, suggests that capitation alone may not lead to reductions in variation.
Findings from the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation Study
October 01, 2013
Article
CME Reviews
Rabab Mohsin, MD, reviews adverse outcomes among women from the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study.
Appropriate Use and Clinical Impact of Transthoracic Echocardiography
October 01, 2013
Article
CME Reviews
Have the Appropriate Use Criteria for transthoracic echocardiography achieved their goal of having a significant clinical impact on physician decision making?