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Regular use of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents may reduce the risk of breast cancer.
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Teitelbaum assessed the annual incidence of acute HAV infection in Canadian travelers from 1996 to 2001.
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This concise review makes a compelling case for a change in the healthcare workers behavior. Helpful hints including increasing the use of alcohol-based formulations to reduce the time constrains are provided throughout the article.
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Short-term Intensive Insulin Therapy in Newly Diagnosed DM2; Endothelial Dysfunction and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Treatment of Parkinsons Disease with Pergolide and Relation to Restrictive Valvular Heart Disease
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The rhythm in the Figure was obtained from a 70-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital with a history of falling out on several occasions during the week prior to admission. Your thoughts on the case?
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An important publication by Zile and colleagues that have been long interested in diastolic properties of the heart, confirms that diastolic heart failure (DHF) is a real entity and is associated with significant abnormalities of active relaxation and passive stiffness in the left ventricle (LV).
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Ernst and colleagues from St. George Hospital in Hamburg, Germany describe a new technique for positioning and manipulating ablation catheters during electrophysiologic studies. The system is a remote magnetic navigation system, which uses 2 permanent magnets to move a specially designed catheter.
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The diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) remains a challenge. Thus, these investigators from Basel, Switzerland hypothesized that a marker of systemic bacterial infection such as procalcitonin may help. In 67 consecutive patients with clinical suspicion of IE, a multidisciplinary team applied the Duke criteria to make the diagnosis of IE in 21 patients.
