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Should Catheter Ablation be First-Line Therapy for Patients with Paroxysmal AF?
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common and catheter ablation has become widely available. -
The Allen’s Test Prior to Transradial Access: A Necessary Precaution or a Waste of Time?
The transradial approach to cardiac catheterization has been steadily gaining ground over the past several years due to advantages over the femoral approach in terms of bleeding risk, vascular injury, procedural cost, and patient comfort. -
Acupuncture and Moxibustion May Increase Pregnancy Rates in IVF after Embryo Implantation Failure
This prospective trial performed at an infertility clinic in Brazil randomized 84 women who had at least two prior failed in vitro fertilization (IVF) attempts to three groups. The first group had acupuncture plus moxibustion in addition to IVF, the second had sham acupuncture and IVF, and the third group only underwent IVF. -
Vitamin D Supplementation and Parkinson's Disease
Supplementing patients with Parkinson's disease with 1200 IU of vitamin D3 may stabilize Parkinson's disease symptoms in patients with vitamin D receptor CT and TT genotypes but not the FokI CC genotype. -
Vitamin D and Pain
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Spiritual Care at the End of Life: Who Defines a Good Outcome?
Those receiving spiritual support from medical personnel rather than community-based religious organizations were more likely to receive hospice care at the end of life. -
Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
RSV occurs primarily in the winter months in the United States and is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in the very young and very old. -
Primary Care Reports - Full February 2014 Issue in PDF
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Disparities in Hospital Transfers: Not What You Would Expect
Administrative data extracted from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample indicates that uninsured patients and women were less likely to be transferred from one acute hospital to another. -
Inpatient STEMIs: Are They as Complicated as They Seem?