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Undiagnosed TB spurs hospital outbreak; Mupirocin strategy fails in nonsurgical patients.
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There are strong indications that hospices are making progress in improving the plight of end-of-life patients in the nations nursing homes. Even so, experts say, substantial regulatory and cultural barriers remain to make it a daunting task.
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A combination of counseling and support services may reduce the risk of depression in people caring for a spouse with Alzheimers disease, a new study says.
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Bacteriologic and clinical failures in adults with Streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis are twice as likely with oral penicillin therapy as with cephalosporin treatment. But, what is the significance of this finding?
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This paper examined the risk of Bells palsy after introduction of an inactivated intranasal influenza vaccine in Switzerland. Mutsch and associates used a matched case-control study and a case-series analysis.
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Cerebral sinus thrombosis most commonly affects the superior sagittal sinus (up to 80%) or the transverse and sigmoid sinuses (70%), with concomitant involvement of the cortical veins in up to 40% of cases. Women are more commonly affected, reflecting their unique risk factors, including pregnancy, the puerperium, and oral contraceptive medication. Other risk factors include surgery, head and neck infections, head injury, malignancy, dehydration, and connective tissue diseases.
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Techniques for accurately measuring the rates of brain atrophy from serial MRI images have improved significantly in recent years. A few of these techniques have been implemented in a partially or fully automated fashion, which is arguably a necessary precondition to their being applied clinically.
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Attend any major IRB conference and one common complaint is that IRBs are having difficulty recruiting and retaining community members.
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Experts offer these suggestions on how to recruit and retain community IRB members.
