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Stopping Aspirin May Increase Stroke Risk
The health improvement network UK primary care database was queried for all patients aged 50-84 who were prescribed low-dose aspirin (75-300 mg/day) for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in 2000-2007. -
STD Management — What's New?
The 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sexually transmitted disease (STD) guidelines have been updated. -
You're Overweight — There, I've Said It
People who are told by their physicians that they are overweight or obese are more likely to identify themselves as such, more likely to want to lose weight, and more likely to try. -
Pharmacology Watch - Full May 2011 Issue in PDF
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FDA actions
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Insulin degludec in Phase 3 trials
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full April 25, 2011 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Norovirus — It's Here to Stay
Noroviruses are the major single cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks throughout the world and the leading cause of foodborne disease in the United States. -
Hypothermia for Acute Brain Trauma
Therapeutic hypothermia does not result in improved outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury. -
Mechanical Ventilation: A Marker of the End-of-Life or Loss of Independence for the Elderly?
This study of outcomes among more than 50,000 elderly Medicare beneficiaries found that activities of daily living and mobility had deteriorated substantially more among those who had been hospitalized the previous year, and that only 27% of those who had received mechanical ventilation were alive 1 year after hospitalization.