Search results for "Genetics"
Boxed warning for clopidogrel: reduced effects for certain patients
A boxed warning was added to the label for clopidogrel (Plavix) to warn of reduced effectiveness in patients who metabolize the drug poorly, the FDA said last week.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/23/9.htm
23 Mar 2010
Genomics will aid primary care, with primary care's help
Genomics expert W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD, interviews Eric Green, MD, PhD, the new director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, about the changing interface between genomics and medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/genomics.htm
1 Apr 2010
Array of symptoms can point to celiac
Celiac incidence has risen since the 1950s to today, so alert internists listen to the symptoms, get to the basis, and make accurate attributions to make the right diagnosis. A constellation of symptoms can point to a common underlying condition.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/celiac.htm
1 Apr 2010
IOM links Gulf War service to several illnesses
MKSAP Quiz: worsening dysmenorrhea with pain
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/13/2.htm
13 Apr 2010
Warnings on clopidogrel, high-dose simvastatin, ear candles
Warnings, recalls and approvals from the Food and Drug Administration.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/fda.htm
1 May 2010
Court case questions patentability of human genomic structure
The human genome is not only known, but owned, to a certain extent. The effect is a chill on medical research, impaired diagnostic testing and companies unwilling to risk research ##amp; development funds for projects with no payoff.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/genomics.htm
1 Jun 2010
Cardiologists highlight prevention, clopidogrel
Subspecialists leading the Internal Medicine 2010 cardiology pre-course offer advice, but also accept some from general internists about preventing cardiovascular events in high-risk patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/cardiology.htm
1 Jun 2010
Obituaries
Edgar Wayburn, FACP; Helen M. Ranney, MACP; and William R. Taylor, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/obituaries.htm
1 Jun 2010
A1cs are higher in black patients
A1cs are higher in black patientsAmerican Board of Internal Medicine sanctions physicians over exam questions
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/15/1.htm
15 Jun 2010
Specialist groups issue clinical alert to guide clopidogrel prescribers
Digoxin may be harmful in hemodialysis patients
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/4.htm
29 Jun 2010