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Cancer Screening for Older Women: The Importance of Health Status
In this cross-sectional population based study from California, it is apparent that screening is currently applied to older women without consideration of health status. -
Do Seizures in Older Adults Predict Stroke Risk?
Seizures should be a red flag to consider treatment to modify stroke risk. -
Pharmacology Update: Insulin Glulisine (Apidra)
The FDA has approved another rapid-acting insulin to cover mealtime blood sugar spikes. -
Pharmacology Watch: Missing Link Between Vaccines and Diabetes
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A Widespread Outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O:3 Infection from Iceberg Lettuce
An outbreak of food poisoning by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Finland in October/November 1998 involved 46 cases and was traced to locally grown iceberg lettuce. -
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Herbal Medications and Surgery: How Much Do Patients Tell Us?
Herbal medication use is quite common among surgical patients. This pattern is consistent with the recent substantial increase in the use of alternative medical therapies. -
Laparoscopy for Primary Colorectal Cancer Resection
In a prospective, randomized trial, primary excision of colorectal carcinomas by laparoscopic surgery was compared with laparotomy. -
Risk of Clostridium difficile Diarrhea Among Hospital Inpatients Prescribed Proton Pump Inhibitors
Although PPIs are considered to be among the safest of drugs, these studies suggest that PPIs increase the risk for hospitalized patients to develop C. difficile-related diarrhea. -
Pharmacology Update: Tinidazole Tablets (TindamaxTM)
FDA has approved a 5-nitroimidazole for the treatment of trichomoniasis, giardiasis, and amebiasis. Tinidazole, a second-generation nitroimidazole antiprotozoal agent, is marketed as TindamaxTM by Presutti Laboratories.