Recommending aspirin for primary prevention in diabetic patients: what may we conclude from the data?

Aspirin for primary prevention in patients with diabetes mellitus.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Evidence supports the routine use of low-dose aspirin (ASA) in the prevention of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). In 1997, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommended ASA prophylaxis for all diabetic patients over the age of 30 with one additional risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Our objective was to determine the...

What Can We Conclude from Death Registration? Improved Methods for Evaluating Completeness

BACKGROUND One of the fundamental building blocks for determining the burden of disease in populations is to reliably measure the level and pattern of mortality by age and sex. Where well-functioning registration systems exist, this task is relatively straightforward. Results from many civil registration systems, however, remain uncertain because of a lack of confidence in the completeness of d...

Should patients stop taking aspirin for primary prevention?

Reflecting on homework in psychotherapy: what can we conclude from research and experience?

This article examines the empirical basis of using homework in psychotherapy and then offers a synthesis of the research literature with the preceding clinical articles. We provide a practitioner-friendly review of psychotherapy process and outcome research literature, concluding that there is now sufficient evidence to support the assertion that homework assignments enhance psychotherapy outco...

Data for building a national suicide prevention strategy: what we have and what we need.

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the U.S. As both the rate and number of suicides continue to climb, the country struggles with how to reverse this alarming trend. Using population-based data from publically available sources including the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the authors identified patterns of suicide that can be ...