Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
ARTICLE: Uninterrupted Dabigatran versus Warfarin for Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation AUTHORS: Hugh Calkins, Stephan Willems, Edward P. Gerstenfeld, Atul Verma, Richard Schilling, Stefan H. Hohnloser,… Read More »Uninterrupted Dabigatran versus Warfarin for Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation
ARTICLE: Oral Direct-Acting Agent Therapy for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Systematic Review AUTHORS: Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, Catalina Suarez-Cuervo, David R. Nelson, Michael W. Fried, Jodi… Read More »Oral Direct-Acting Agent Therapy for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Systematic Review
ARTICLE: Pharmacologic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: Synopsis of the 2017 American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes. AUTHORS: James J. Chamberlain, William H. Herman, Sandra Leal, Andrew S. Rhinehart, Jay H. Shubrook, Neil Skolnik, Rita Rastogi Kalyani JOURNAL:… Read More »Pharmacologic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: Synopsis of the 2017 American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes
ARTICLE: Association of a Community Campaign for Better Beverage Choices With Beverage Purchases From Supermarkets AUTHORS: Marlene B. Schwartz, Glenn E. Schneider, Yoon-Young Choi, Xun Li, Jennifer Harris, Tatiana Andreyeva, Maia Hyary, Nicolette Highsmith Vernick, Lawrence J. Appel JOURNAL: JAMA Intern Med. 2017… Read More »Association of a Community Campaign for Better Beverage Choices With Beverage Purchases From Supermarkets
ARTICLE: Chilling Effect? Post-Election Health Care Use by Undocumented and Mixed-Status Families AUTHORS: Kathleen R. Page and Sarah Polk JOURNAL: N Engl J Med. 2017 Mar… Read More »Chilling Effect? Post-Election Health Care Use by Undocumented and Mixed-Status Families
ARTICLE: Epigenomic reprogramming during pancreatic cancer progression links anabolic glucose metabolism to distant metastasis AUTHORS: Oliver G McDonald, Xin Li, Tyler Saunders, Rakel Tryggvadottir, Samantha… Read More »Epigenomic reprogramming during pancreatic cancer progression links anabolic glucose metabolism to distant metastasis
ARTICLE: FDA Regulation of Prescription Drugs AUTHORS: Audrey L. Gassman, Christine P. Nguyen and Hylton V. Joffe JOURNAL: N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 16;376(7):674-682. doi:… Read More »FDA Regulation of Prescription Drugs
ARTICLE: International Exchange and American Medicine AUTHORS: Katrina Armstrong, Mark E. Anderson, John M. Carethers, Joseph Loscalzo, Michael S. Parmacek, Robert M. Wachter and Mark… Read More »International Exchange and American Medicine
ARTICLE: A View from the Front Line — Physicians’ Perspectives on ACA Repeal AUTHORS: Craig Evan Pollack, Katrina Armstrong and David Grande JOURNAL: N Engl… Read More »A View from the Front Line — Physicians’ Perspectives on ACA Repeal
ARTICLE: Wearable Technology and Long-term Weight Loss AUTHORS: Timothy Plante and Seth Martin JOURNAL: JAMA. 2017 Jan 17;317(3):318-319. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.19265. To the Editor After successful weight loss… Read More »Wearable Technology and Long-term Weight Loss