Issue Summary April 1, 2014




Annals of Internal Medicine Podcast show

Summary: Summary of the April 1, 2014 issue, including articles on medication nonadherence, HIV infection and risk for heart disease and other chronic illnesses, upper extremity deep venous thrombosis, clinical trial registration, cholesterol lowering therapy, and why an HIV cure remains elusive. The issues also includes two reports from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute--one identifies research priorities related to ductal carcinoma in situ and another for the treatment of adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder. In addition a special article describes why several members of the panel appointed to the 8th Joint National Committee voted against increasing the target blood pressure for some persons with hypertension.