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The American Diabetes Association revised Standards of Medical Care for patients with diabetes include several changes in recommendations regarding testing and treatment goals.

Brief summaries of research results and other articles on the clinical characteristics, evaluation, and management of patients with hyponatremia.

Annual list highlights key studies and research that contribute to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Here you will find a brief roundup of useful online resources for clinicians who treat patients with hyponatremia.

Current influenza prevention and control recommendations, updated for the 2012-2013 influenza season.

Far more patients claimed to have adhered to their antibiotic prescriptions than actually did, according to the results of a study that used an electronic system to record when pill bottles were opened.

Does the research show any significant difference between anti-tumor necrosis factor drugs in terms of their effectiveness for treating psoriatic arthritis?

With most medical schools devoting only a few curriculum hours to pain management training, many physicians begin their medical career underprepared to meet the needs of patients suffering with chronic pain. Here, Barry Cole, MD, identifies several key concepts that would help improve pain care in the US if only more physicians would learn about them sooner.

FDA advisory committee votes against recommending approval for the first single-entity extended-release hydrocodone product.

Patients receiving medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder appear to be significantly less likely to commit crimes, according to the results of a study.

Compounds in grapefruit can interact with a growing number of oral medications to produce serious side effects, according to a review of previous studies.

Pharmacists placed second among the country's most trusted professionals in a Gallup poll, retaining a spot in the top 3 for the tenth consecutive year.

This handy resource from the Pennsylvania Medical Society provides valuable guidance for clinicians and their staff on identifying patients who may abuse, misuse, or divert prescription opioids.

Committee to vote on whether the efficacy, safety, and risk-benefit profile of Zohydro ER supports the approval of the NDA submitted by Zogenix.

New research shows that arginase may contribute to angina in patients with type 2 diabetes. Suppressing the enzyme may help improve blood flow.

Postmenopausal women with advanced estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer lived longer when they received a 500-mg dose of fulvestrant as compared with a 250-mg dose.

Combining the investigational PD 0332991 with letrozole as first-line therapy extended progression-free survival in women with advanced estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer.

Sentinel lymph node surgery may provide a less-invasive alternative to axillary lymph node dissection for nodal staging in node-positive breast cancer.

Extending the duration of adjuvant tamoxifen treatment to 10 years was more effective than the standard 5 years of treatment in protecting against recurrence and death among women with ER+ breast cancer.

Recently released guidelines for the diagnosis and management of stable ischemic heart disease focus on evaluation and testing, risk factor modification, medical therapy and other therapeutic options, and follow-up.

Even after accounting for confounding variables such as disease severity and length of stay, pediatric inpatients with chronic conditions are significantly more likely to experience medical errors, according to the results of a study.

In the program, called WellTransitions, pharmacists work with hospital staff to oversee the medication regimens of discharged patients.

The FDA has approved cabozantinib, a multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, for the treatment of metastatic medullary thyroid cancer.

Making birth control pills available OTC would increase women's access to them and reduce the rate of unintended pregnancy, but issues such as reimbursement for pharmacist services still need to be worked out, the group argues.

Patients who received a description of their cardiovascular risk factors were more likely to start taking statins and to significantly reduce their LDL cholesterol levels.

When physicians do not inform pharmacies that a patient's medication has been discontinued, potentially harmful medication errors can result.

Although hormonal therapy has been long established in the treatment of breast cancer, novel combinations with targeted agents show promise for improved outcomes and are likely to become part of a new paradigm for managing patients.

Study data show that treatment with the vasopressin receptor antagonist lixivaptan safely and effectively raises serum sodium concentrations in patients with euvolemic hyponatremia.

Use this online calculator to compute infusion rates for hypertonic and normal saline solutions, and estimated body water compartment volumes, for mild to severe hyponatremia.

Researchers report that efavirenz may produce a potent neurotoxic effect that may contribute to neurocognitive decline in HIV-infected patients who take the drug long-term.