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The authors sought to determine the relationship between psychiatric and sexual status of premenopausal women with fibromyalgia compared to a control group of healthy women.
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A medline search was conducted for comparisons of vaginal hysterectomy in patients with/without previous cesarean delivery. As might be anticipated, the studies were heterogeneous. For example, in one study, some cases had laparoscopic assistance.
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Patient handout: Prostate cancer. Altern Med Alert 2006;9(suppl):S1-S2.
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Frost AC. Selenium and cancer. Altern Med Alert 2006;9(3):30-35.
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Brinker F. Drug pharmacokinetic interactions following consumption of plant products. Altern Med Alert 2006;9(3):25-30.
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A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine1 reveals a new opportunity for quality managers to have an impact in an area where disease/complications may be preventable and/or treatable: bypass surgery.
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A 50% decrease in central-line infections and an increase in compliance with evidence-based practices from 30% to 95%. These are the dramatic results achieved by 10 hospitals participating in the two-year Greater Cincinnati Patient Safety ICU [Intensive Care Unit] Collaborative.
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In a move billed as a nationwide first, all hospitals in Massachusetts now will be voluntarily posting their staffing plans through a new web site www.patientsfirstma.org as well as through notices in hospitals. This will give consumers the number and type of caregivers assigned 24/7 throughout every hospital in the state.
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A team of quality and safety researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, MD, has developed a tool to investigate defects in patient care called the Learning From Defects (LFD) tool.