In late 2004, the British government decided to allow a lipid-lowering agent to be sold as an over-the-counter medication. In contrast, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently decided not to do so. The United States and other countries will soon face similar decisions for other statins. Although statins have infrequent side effects and have been shown to be effective in moderate-risk pri...

We construct and study the one-parameter semigroup of σ-finite measures L θ , θ > 0, on the space of Schwartz distributions that have an infinite-dimensional abelian group of linear symmetries; this group is a continual analog of the classical Cartan subgroup of diagonal positive matrices of the group SL(n, R). The parameter θ is the degree of homogeneity with respect to homotheties of the spac...

The issue of when and how to initiate insulin in type 2 diabetes is one that has engendered much debate (1). Some recent evidence may aid in this discussion. First, the desirable glycemic targets are largely agreed upon, with only a few minor disagreements (2,3). Data from the U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) and the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) have demonstrated a str...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a problem-based empowerment patient education program specifically tailored for urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study used a randomized controlled trial (RCT) pretest/post-test design with repeated measures. Patients were randomly assigned to either a six-week intervention group o...

BACKGROUND We examined the efficacy of a culturally relevant exercise program in improving glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) among South Asian women with type 2 diabetes, compared with usual care. METHODS This was a randomized controlled 8-week pilot study of Bollywood dance among South Asian women with type 2 diabetes. The intervention consisted of 1 h Bollywood dance classes offered twice per wee...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are debilitating conditions with long-term physical and psycho-logical consequences (1). After a cardiac event or procedure, the patient encounters several problems, two of the most important of which are psychosexual dysfunction and difficulty in resuming sexual activity (2-4). The World Health Organization (WHO) defines sexual health as a state of physical, emot...