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Treat or Eat: Food Insecurity, Cost-related Medication Underuse, and Unmet Needs
Conclusions: Approximately 1 in 3 chronically ill NHIS participants are unable to afford food, medications, or both. WIC and public health insurance participation are associated with less food insecurity and cost-related medication underuse.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - January 21, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Seth A. Berkowitz, Hilary K. Seligman, Niteesh K. Choudhry Tags: Clinical research studies Source Type: research

Prevalence of Hyponatremia and Association with Mortality: Results from NHANES
Abstract: Background: Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte abnormality in hospitalized patients and is associated with adverse outcomes, but its prevalence and significance in the general US population is unknown. Our aims were to determine the prevalence of hyponatremia and its association with mortality in the population.Methods: We performed a population-based, cross-sectional study of 14,697 adults aged ≥18 years who participated in the nationally representative National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 1999-2004. By using measurements of serum sodium corrected for dilutional effect of hyperglycemia...
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - November 27, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Sumit Mohan, Sue Gu, Amay Parikh, Jai Radhakrishnan Tags: Clinical research studies Source Type: research

Cardiovascular Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comparing TNF-α Blockade with Nonbiologic DMARDs
Conclusion: Among subjects with rheumatoid arthritis, TNF-α blocking agents may be associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular events compared with an nbDMARD. Randomized controlled clinical trials should be considered to test this hypothesis.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - July 26, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Daniel H. Solomon, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Kenneth G. Saag, Joyce Lii, Lang Chen, Leslie R. Harrold, Lisa J. Herrinton, David J. Graham, Mary K. Kowal, Bindee Kuriya, Liyan Liu, Marie R. Griffin, James D. Lewis, Jeremy A. Rassen Tags: Clinical research studies Source Type: research

CHADS2 Score, Statin Therapy, and Risks of Atrial Fibrillation
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of statin treatment for atrial fibrillation prevention in elderly patients with hypertension, and to determine if comorbidity or CHADS2 (Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age ≥75 years, Diabetes mellitus, prior Stroke or transient ischemic attack) score can predict the effectiveness of statin treatment. Methods: Patients aged ≥65 years with hypertension were identified from a National Health Insurance research database (a systemic sampling from 2000 to 2009 with a total of 1,000,000 subjects). Medical records of 27,002 patients were used in this study, in which 2400 (8....
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - January 17, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chen-Ying Hung, Ching-Heng Lin, El-Wui Loh, Chih-Tai Ting, Tsu-Juey Wu Tags: Clinical research studies Source Type: research