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Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and minor strokes are often the harbingers of a large, debilitating stroke.
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Since the July 2002 publication of the first Women's Health Initiative (WHI) report, many changes have been made in the approach to hormone therapy (HT).
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Contraceptive injectables are a popular form of birth control for women around the world, with more than 35 million women relying on the method.
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Stepwise risk factor-stratified screening in an elderly population using a handheld ECG device detected a significant number of patients with silent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
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The relationship between neurologic complications of infective endocarditis (IE), urgent valve surgery, and outcomes is poorly understood. Thus, these investigators performed a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database of IE cases from 1984-2009 in seven Spanish hospitals.
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Patients, clinicians, and policy makers are increasingly focused on ways to improve the quality of care delivered and provide support to patients and families at the end of life (EOL).
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has just released its final recommendation statement on screening for HIV, and it recommends that clinicians screen all people ages 15 to 65, as well as younger adolescents and older adults who are at an increased risk for HIV infection, such as those who engage in unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse, use injection drugs, or are men who have sex with men.1
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Five years after Australia launched a national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program in young women, data indicates that genital wart cases have dropped not only among women, but heterosexual men as well.1
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is halting the administration of injections in the clinical trial of an investigational HIV vaccine regimen after a scheduled interim review data indicated the regimen did not prevent HIV infection, nor did it reduce viral load among vaccine recipients who became infected with HIV.
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More than three years after new guidelines rejected routine annual mammograms for most women, women in all age groups continue to get yearly screenings, new research indicates.1