Patient Care Endocrinology & Cardiology - December 2007 - (Page 3)

www.patientcareonline.com Vol. 41 No. 28 DECEMBER 2007 ENDOCRINOLOGY & CARDIOLOGY EZRA A. AMSTERDAM, MD; RICHARD J. COMI, MD Medical Editors 7 Options for managing diabetes: Three types of basal insulin therapy NASSER MIKHAIL, MD, MSc NEWS 2 Research Digest I Job Ideally, basal insulin therapy should provide adequate and reproducible steady-state plasma insulin levels without causing hypoglycemia. Our expert reviews the current basal insulin options when patients fail oral antidiabetic drugs. strain after first MI linked to future heart problems I Adding single insulin to oral drugs fails most diabetics I Screening not equally useful in all chestpain patients I HDL predicts risk of major cardiovascular events 5 Medicine in the News I CABG or PCI? It’s a dead heat regimens: For some, the treatment is worse than the disease I News from the FDA I Diabetes 28 Clinical Clips I Benefit of sleep apnea treatment on serum cardiovascular markers I Does aspirin help prevent embolism? 12 Using the new AHA guidelines for preventing coronary heart disease in women JESSICA SALT, MD; MATTHEW DECARO, MD CLINICAL SOLUTIONS 25 Case & Comment IA 97-year-old woman with mental changes and polyuria Now that the American Heart Association has issued its new guidelines, we need to carefully consider each woman’s risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). Educating women today about their lifetime risk for CHD and working with every patient to implement the guidelines for CHD risk prevention may have a significant impact on women’s health for the future. READER SERVICES 27 Classified Advertising www. patientcareonline.com ONLINE EXCLUSIVES Over time, statins continue to provide benefit against coronary events Lower BP in patients with diabetes: A combo drug Oral contraceptives and subsequent cancer incidence Hope for alcoholics: Short-term topiramate treatment 17 Cardiovascular and metabolic implications of polycystic ovary syndrome MARIA V. GIBSON, MD, PhD Are women with polycystic ovary syndrome at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and, if so, what preventive measures need to be addressed? DECEMBER 2007 PATIENT CARE ENDOCRINOLOGY & CARDIOLOGY 3 http://www.patientcareonline.com http://www.patientcareonline.com

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Patient Care Endocrinology & Cardiology - December 2007 Research Digest Contents Medicine in the News Options for Managing Diabetes: Three Types of Basal Insulin Therapy Using the New AHA Guidelines for Preventing Coronary Heart Disease in Women Cardiovascular and Metabolic Implications of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Case & Comment Classified Advertising Clinical Clips

Patient Care Endocrinology & Cardiology - December 2007

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