Retrospective Analysis of Real-World Efficacy of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Versus Other Classes of Antihypertensive Agents in Blood Pressure Management.
CONCLUSIONS: In this real-world setting, hypertensive adults treated with ARBs versus β-blockers or diuretics were more likely to have evidence-based target BP recorded. In addition, patients using ARBs versus ACEIs or CCBs had fewer reports of CV events. PMID: 21885126 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Clinical Therapeutics)

In Small California Hospitals, the Marketing of Back Surgery
The volume of spine surgery, which is an increasing cost in the U.S. health system, rose sharply at two small California hospitals that focused on workers' compensation patients and used a marketing consultant who helped bring doctors to the hospitals. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)