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Newer antidepressants not necessarily safest for older people

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are associated with an increased risk of several severe adverse outcomes in older people compared with older tricyclic antidepressants, a study found.

Risk framing alters perception of benefit; doctors just as prone as patients, study finds

How risk information is posed influences perceptions of treatment benefit, with absolute survival rates creating the perception of weakest benefit and relative mortality reduction creating the perception of greatest benefit, researchers found in a recent study.

MKSAP Quiz: evaluating ‘a sense of unsteadiness'

This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate ongoing dizziness in an elderly woman.

Very elderly patients can benefit from well-managed vitamin K antagonist thromboprophylaxis, study suggests

Adequate management of vitamin K antagonist (VKA) therapy in trained centers allowed very old and frail patients to benefit from VKA thromboprophylaxis, an Italian study concluded.

Stroke risk may increase after traumatic brain injury

Risk for stroke may increase after a traumatic brain injury, according to a new study.

Take ACP Internist's poll on looking up information in front of a patient

How often have you gone online in front of a patient to look up information?

Fred Ralston Jr., MACP, blogs at KevinMD.com

Fred Ralston Jr., MACP, ACP's immediate past president and a practicing internist in Fayetteville, Tenn., blogs about a new joint clinical practice guideline for stable COPD at KevinMD.com.

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