The FDA secretly monitored the private emails of staff doctors and scientists who alleged the agency was approving medical devices that posed a danger to patients, according to federal court documents. Reuters Health Information
Some patients with serious mental illness take 11 or more medications a day. How do you decide which agents are productive and which are counterproductive? How does concordance affect adherence? Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health
The cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil, used to treat cognitive symptoms in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), also reduces the manifestations of obstructive sleep apnea common in AD, according to a trial conducted in Brazil. Reuters Health Information
A new exploratory analysis of data from the previously reported SPARCL trial shows that patients meeting each of LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, and systolic blood-pressure goals reduced the risk for stroke by 65% and major cardiovascular events by 75%. Medscape Medical News
