Cardiology
Clinical Review
Venous Thromboembolism and Weight Changes in Veteran Patients Using Megestrol Acetate as an Appetite Stimulant
Anorexia and cachexia are associated with a variety of diseases, including cancer, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), congestive heart...
Clinical Review
Effect of Statins on Total Testosterone Levels in Male Veterans
The conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone is the rate-limiting step in steroidogenesis. Statins act by inhibiting HMG CoA reductase, the rate-...
Clinical Review
Organizing Pneumonia and Pneumothorax Associated With Daptomycin Use
Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a distinct lung injury pattern that may complicate a variety of collagen vascular diseases, bone marrow or heart-lung...
Clinical Review
Evaluation of Vitamin D Supplementation in a Veteran Population
Vitamin D deficiency is implicated in several different diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mental illness, multiple...
Patient Information
Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with the development of rickets (a disease leading to soft bones and skeletal deformities), but research...
Clinical Review
The Effects of the Age-Related Eye Disease Study Vitamins on International Normalized Ratios in Patients Taking Warfarin
Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is a major cause of visual impairment and blindness, affecting 1.75 million individuals in the United...
Clinical Review
Elevated Cardiac Troponins—Not Always an Acute Coronary Syndrome
An 85-year-old female with a history of coronary artery disease (CAD) presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with altered mental status.
Clinical Review
Optimizing Office Blood Pressure Measurement at a VAMC
Hypertension (HTN), the dominant contributor to global mortality, affects 29% of U.S.
Commentary
Should We Care Whether Statins Cause Diabetes?
The last few years have been really rough for medical professionals who treat patients with lipid disorders.