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Injuries of the hand and wrist present significant clinical challenges to the trauma practitioner because of the complex structures involved and the possibility of occult disruptions.
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Darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp®) is commonly used in patients with chronic kidney disease and diabetes for the treatment of anemia
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Statins have been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and death from all causes.
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Raising HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) with niacin plus a statin is superior to lowering LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) with ezetimibe plus statin in reversing atherosclerosis according to the widely reported ARBITER trial published on-line in the New England Journal of Medicine in November and simultaneously reported at the American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, FL.
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The FDA has issued a warning regarding the combination of clopidogrel (Plavix®) with omeprazole (Prilosec®)
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The novel H1N1 influenza pandemic differs in significant ways from typical seasonal influenza in demographics and epidemiology.
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of mortality in the United States and represents over half of trauma related deaths.
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In the past nine months, the world has witnessed the outbreak of not one but two waves of pandemic influenza due to a new virus of swine origin. World public health authorities moved quickly to contain what appeared initially to be the severe pandemic that had been anticipated for so long.
