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Milan F, Fallek R. Valerian for the treatment of insomnia. Altern Ther Women's Health 2004;6(2):9-12.
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Educating physicians about the cost-effective, high-quality care provided by hospice is only half of the hospice marketing equation. Patients are the other half, and in many ways theyre a tougher nut to crack.
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Old habits are hard to break. But the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, is asking home health nurses to break some habits theyve had since nursing school.
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Use of antibiotics is associated with increased risk of breast cancer and death from breast cancer in a dose-dependent way.
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The FDA has approved the first antineoplastic that acts by the inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels in tumors.
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Migraine and Subclinical Brain Lesions; Memantine Treatment in Alzheimer Disease; PPG in Type 2 DM
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Optimizing outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome requires matching patients with strategies that will produce the best results in specific clinical subgroups. Identifying those patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who represent ideal candidates for fibrinolysis, and who are likely to have outcomes that are at least as favorable as they would have with percutaneous interventions, has become an area of intense focus among cardiologists and emergency physicians. Significant improvements in patient outcomes will be made when patients are managed according to their institutional capabilities, with the understanding that prompt thrombolysis in the setting of STEMI is fundamental to optimal patient care. This article, the second in a two-part series, provides a practical, evidence-based approach to comprehensive management of this patient population.
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The virtues of a firm mattress are generally espoused by the medical and lay community alike despite the utter lack of scientific evidence to support it. In an attempt to shed light on this poorly understood subject, Kovacs and associates assess the effect of the firmness of a mattress on low back pain.
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St Johns Wort and Drug Interactions; Serum Potassium and Stroke Risk
Among Hypertensive Adults; Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection
Practices Among Siblings of Patients with Melanoma, TZDs and HF in
People with Type 2 Diabetes; Exercise Plus Behavioral Management in
Patients with AD; Spironolactone in Resistant HBP
