Top stories in health and medicine this morning, July 8, 2011
1. Poor Are Healthier With Medicaid. Enrolling patients in Medicaid increases their use of healthcare services, but doing so reduces financial strain on these impoverished patients and improves their sense of well-being.
2. CDC Fears Rising Treatment Resistant Gonorrhea. Gonorrhea may be losing its susceptibility to cephalosporins, the only available antibiotic class remaining to treat the sexually transmitted infection, the CDC is warning.
3. CV Events Halt Multaq Study. A randomized trial of dronedarone (Multaq) in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation an unapproved indication for the antiarrhythmic drug has been stopped early because of increased cardiovascular events among patients receiving the product.
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- Drug used to treat atrial fibrillation increases heart risks
- New strain of gonorrhea emerges as superbug
- Antibiotic-resistant Gonorrhea discovered
- Blood protein levels may predict risk of heart disease
- Supreme Court rules against makers of Zicam
