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High-dose atorvastatin protects patients with acute coronary syndrome from death and major cardiovascular events better than usual dose pravastatin.
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These data provide further support that inflammation in general and periodontal disease more specifically are stroke risk factors.
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The first of a class of calcimimetics has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of hyperparathyroidism associated with renal failure and in patients with parathyroid cancer.
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Increased iron stores (eg, ferritin levels) are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in women.
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Shared pathophysiologic mechanisms for migraine, neuropathic pain, and epilepsy underscore the notion that antiepileptic drugs (AED) should be standard treatment for the former. Five new AEDs and their use in these nonepileptic painful disorders are summarized.
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Use of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Evaluation and Management of
Acute Dyspnea; Association Between C-Reactive Protein and Age-Related Macular Degeneration; VZV Reactivation in Astronauts
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New guidelines for the treatment of bacterial rhinosinusitis were published in the January supplement of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery by the Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership.
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At an Oklahoma hospital, two children died within a few days of each other after having routine outpatient surgical procedures. One child died from toxic effects of morphine with a probable primary myopathy as a contributing cause, and the other child died from probable codeine and morphine toxicity, along with acute and chronic bronchitis with evolving pneumonia, according to the autopsy reports.
