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Clinicians should be alert for possible cases of ricin poisoning because the easily available toxin was used recently to make
a terrorist threat at mail processing center in Greenville, SC, public health investigators warn.
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For unvaccinated or high-risk vaccinated patients during the influenza season, empirical oseltamivir treatment is cost-effective. For other patients, rapid diagnostic testing followed by treatment with oseltamivir is cost-effective. Empirical amantadine treatment offers a low-cost alternative if patients cannot afford oseltamivir.
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As determined by process-of-care measurement, adverse event occurrence, and patient satisfaction, quality of care is compromised by infection control procedures.
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The FDA has approved the first once-daily, quaternary ammonium, anticholinergic bronchodilator for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Risk of Adenocarcinoma in Barretts Esophagus; Long-Term Effect of Doxazosin, Finasteride, and Combination for BPH; Once Daily Valacyclovir to Reduce Herpes Transmission
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A retrospective study of 396 patients undergoing laparoscopic management for a 7-year period at a single institution was performed. Complications were statistically more likely if hysterectomy was also being performed or if the mass was of a smaller size.
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I review for and subscribe to a journal, Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy, that services predominantly subspecialists in prenatal diagnosis. For example, recently there were 3 wonderful papers on in utero stem cell transplantation.
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A national group of 13 experts participated in a consensus conference sponsored by The Endocrine Society to evaluate the literature on subclinical thyroid disease in order to address the question of treatment. This effort was stimulated by the obvious differences in conclusions and recommendations regarding this clinical problem in the medical literature.
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his retrospective review summarizes the clinical outcome and safety among 141 patients who were treated with boric acid and flucytosine for culture-proven Candida glabrata. These data were collected at both Wayne State University School of Medicine and Ben Gurion University.
