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The FDA has approved a 5-nitroimidazole for the treatment of trichomoniasis, giardiasis, and amebiasis. Tinidazole, a second-generation nitroimidazole antiprotozoal agent, is marketed as Tindamax by Presutti Laboratories.
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The FDA has approved a combination of 2 antiretrovirals, abacavir and lamivudine, for the treatment of HIV-1 infections. Each tablet contains 600 mg of abacavir and 300 mg of lamivudine for once daily administration. The combination is marketed by GlaxoSmithKline as Epzicom.
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All 165 cases of malaria-related deaths in the United States reported to the National Malaria Surveillance System from 1963 to 2001 were reviewed. Two-thirds occurred in US travelers, and 92.7% of deaths were due to Plasmodium falciparum infection.
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Dial and colleagues point out that Clostridium difficile is the most common form of nosocomial infectious diarrhea in the Western world, apparently increasing in frequency, severity, and consequential health care costs (more than $1 billion in the United States annually).
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Everyone who works in health care has a list of ideas for what needs to be done to improve client satisfaction, but one theme appears to be a common thread throughout: communication.
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It was about 2 a.m., Sept. 16, when Hurricane Ivan roared into Pensacola, FL, with 130-mph winds, battering the boarded-up windows of Sacred Heart Hospital, knocking out the electricity and forcing the hospital to operate on emergency generators. The next few days called for creativity and patience on the part of the staff and patients.
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For as long as humans have been taking care of other humans who are sick or hurt, the rendering of solace and physical comfort has been the core from which all other types of aid have grown. But a nurse and ethicist in California says that ignoring the value of giving of solace and comfort amounts to turning away from the prime reason for the practice of medicine.
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As patient and family education coordinator for a large Miami-based health care system, Sharon Sweeting, MS, RD, LD, CDE, is the resource person for the bedside or clinic-based educators.
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The Family Resource Center, a pediatric consumer health information library at St. Louis Childrens Hospital, has a multitude of books, videos, DVDs, and brochures on childrens health and wellness from birth to adolescents. Some of the materials are from an adult perspective, others from that of a child.
