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1200 Five Springs Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: 434.977.1933 | Fax: 434.295.3128
Email: info@DanielSawyerMD.com |
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Specializing in Internal Medicine & Infectious
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| Swine Flu H1N1 |
11/4/2009 |
A publication in the November 4, 2009 issue of JAMA, provides the results of the swine flu pandemic in California. Hospitalized and fatal cases were younger than the seasonal influenza and had a median age of 27. While gastrointestinal symptoms occurred infrequently with the seasonal flu (<5%), these symptoms occurred in one third of the swine flu cases. The risk factors for hospitalization and death were the same as seasonal influenza and included diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease and pregnancy ( third trimester ) . In addition, obesity was a significant risk factor for hospitalization with the swine flu.
The rapid tests for influenza are falsely negative in up to 30-40% of the cases. This is a problem defining the illness for both patients and practitioners. Lastly, there are numerous drugs and drug combinations, which are active against the swine flu if introduced early enough in the illness.
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| WebMD.com - A Great Resource for Health Related Info |
5/12/2005 |
| If you are searching for information regarding illness, disease, medications, or more, try www.WebMD.com. WebMD offers information, tips, and ideas that may help you in understanding your illness or medications. WebMD is free and no sign-up is needed to use the web site. Click here to visit WebMD.com now! |
| Heart Failure |
5/11/2005 |
| A recent article in the American Journal of Medicine demonstrates that exercise training for patients with congestive heart failure is both safe and effective. In this article, aerobic excercise improves peak oxygen consuption and quality of life. Patients with congestive heart failure had significant improvement in exercise tolernace, and the ability to manage routine activities of daily living if they participated in excercise conditioning. Thus if you have the diagnosis of CHF, congestive heart failure and have difficulty performing activities you want, consider a monitored excercise program |
| Flexible Sigmoidosopy after MI |
5/10/2005 |
| Sigmoidoscopy is safer than colonoscopy and may be the preferred test for patients with coronary artery disease. In a recent study, flexible sigmoidoscopy was safe for patients who had a recent heart attack. In this group of patients, this form of screening for colon cancer may be preferable. |
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