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While U.S. hospitals continue to demonstrate overall improvement in quality and safety, they still have a long way to go in several key areas, according to Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2007.
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Richard Chole, MD, PhD, has developed a new system called CheckSite, designed to prevent wrong-site surgeries by reminding surgeons to take a time-out before the procedure.
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NSAID, Manipulation or Both for LBP; Pomegranate Juice for Erectile Dysfunction; Fenofibrate for Diabetic Retinopathy; Does Obesity Cause A Delay in Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer?; Protecting Bone During Glucocorticoid Treatment
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An elevated white blood cell count is a risk factor for several cancers in women.
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When whole grain cereal (WGC) is consumed regularly, there is a lower risk of developing heart failure (HF). This association is likely to be linked to the beneficial effects of WGC on risk factors (ie, hypertension, obesity, hyperlipidemia) rather than HF itself.
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12-lead ECG obtained from a 50-year old African American man with hypertension and chest pain.
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FDA warnings for existing drugs dominate pharmaceutical news this month.
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Serum analysis of 45 subjects for antibodies and humoral immunity over a median of 15 years showed antiviral responses ranging from 11-19 years for tetanus-diphtheria, 50 years for varicella-zoster, and up to 200 years for measles and mumps.
