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This study reports the association between inflammation as measured by C-reactive protein and the prevalence and development of atrial fibrillation.
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In this paper, Grimm and colleagues report on the usefulness of noninvasive testing to predict risk for arrhythmias in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
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Rosuvastatin is a new statin whose efficacy was compared to that of atorvastatin in 623 patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
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Along with chronic kidney disease and metabolic syndrome, physicians must be alert and aggressive with respect to identification of all coronary artery disease risk factors, as well as preventive measures for systemic lupus erythematosus.
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A once-a-day dose of a valacyclovir reduces the rate of transmission of genital herpes (HSV-2) from an infected partner to an uninfected susceptible partner, according to a new study.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is asking home health nurses to break some habits theyve had since nursing school. National Patient Safety Goal #2 requires health care organizations to standardize abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols and to develop a list of do-not-use abbreviations.
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Employees spread over a large geographic area, people who dont like sitting in one place for any length of time, patient visits that dont always follow a normal schedule, and a lengthy list of educational classes that staff members must take are just a few of the challenges faced by home health managers as they address staff education.
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During testimony late last year before the Department of Health and Human Services National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, Janlori Goldman, director of the Health Privacy Project, presented 13 myths that persist about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acts privacy regulation and facts addressing those myths.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has approved revised standards to help prevent the occurrence of deadly health care-associated infections.
