Top stories in health and medicine, November 26, 2013

From MedPage Today: Alzheimer’s Gene Effects Show Up in Infancy. Infants and toddlers with the Alzheimer’s disease-associated APOE4 genotype already showed distinctive patterns of brain structure relative to other young children. ADHD Prevalence Still Rising, CDC Says. Rates of parent-reported diagnoses of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continued their upward trend through 2011. FDA Opens Door to Wider Avandia Prescribing. The FDA has loosened restrictions on the diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia) — under fire since 2007 because of potential cardiovascular risks — and will allow drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline to drop the TIDE trial comparing rosiglitazone to pioglitazone (Actos), the only other thiazolidinedione available. Type of Pain No Help in ID’ing MI in Women. Evaluating the characteristics of chest pain didn’t seem to be of much use for the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in women. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Family Physicians Tags: News Diabetes Endocrinology Heart Neurology Psychiatry Source Type: blogs