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Improving consent form should be top priority: Think outside the box and go beyond regulations
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IRBs are no different from other boards in how their psychological structure could lead to personality clashes and conflicts. However, unlike many organizations, when IRBs ignore such conflicts, the outcome might be a less-effective human subjects protection program or regulatory problems.
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Allen cheng reported that, as of march 20, 15 patients with melioidosis had been seen at the Royal Darwin Hospital during the 2003-2004 rainy season. The Royal Darwin is the referral center for the Top End region of the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Most emergency medicine textbooks agree that human bite wounds, as well as dog and cat bite wounds, require antibiotic prophylaxis in addition to usual wound care practices. This study from the University of Maryland challenges this belief, and attempts to define a group of human bites at low risk of infection that do not require any antibiotic prophylaxis.
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Glucose Metabolism and Coronary Heart Disease in Patients with Normal Glucose Tolerance; Evidence of Airborne Transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus; Alcohol Intake and Risk of Incident Gout in Men: A Prospective Study
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The FDA has approved an injectable drug for treating Parkinsons patients during hypomobility periods known as off periods.
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The present results on the Cache County study provide some of the strongest evidence to date that intake of antioxidant vitamin supplements may be beneficial.
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Dietary calcium, phytate, and fluid intake are associated with a decreased risk of symptomatic nephrolithiasis in younger women.
