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Helicobacter pylori is an exceedingly common inhabitant of the human stomach. The discovery of its role in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease was revolutionary, but many questions remain about this organism and an appropriate medical approach to its presence.
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Sodium valproate appears safe and effective for the management of DPSN.
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A seizure is an abnormal, hypersynchronous discharge of a population of cortical neurons that may be associated with clinical manifestations corresponding to the area of the brain involved. Epilepsy is a disorder of the central nervous system in which symptoms are 2 or more seizures greater than 24 hours apart, not provoked by another cause.
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Vitamin-Mineral Supplementation and Acute RTI in Elderly; B-Type
Natriuretic Peptide Levels and Outcome in Heart Failure; Companion
Influence During Primary Care Encounters; Handrubbing with
Alcohol-Based Solution vs. Standard Handwashing; Program To Prevent
Functional Decline in Frail Elderly Who Live at Home; Treatment of
Diabetic Neuropathy with Isosorbide Dinitrate Spray
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FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZenecas Prilosec; Pegasys
Approved To Treat Hepatitis C; HRT Reduces Alzheimers Risk, Study
Says; Heparin Plus Alteplase More Effective; Digoxin Effects Differ By
Sex; McClellan Named FDA Commissioner; FDA Actions
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The primary care physician who cares for couples in their childbearing years should encourage women and their partners to receive preconception care. The physician can enhance this opportunity by adopting a preconception focus during annual medical exams and asking the patients about their conception plans.
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The quintet of abdominal obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, abnormal glucose metabolism, and coagulopathy has been called syndrome X or metabolic syndrome. Some have referred to this grouping as the insulin resistance syndrome, the obesity dyslipidemia syndrome, and the deadly quartet.
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Three recent studies have provided epidemiologic data that increased intake of antioxidants may be associated with a reduced risk of developing AD.
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Considerable concern exists among clinicians regarding the risk-benefit ratio of long-term anticoagulation compared to antiplatelet treatment. In order to compare the risk of vascular events and bleeding complications in patients with AF, van Walraven and associates analyzed data from 6 randomized clinical trials.
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Fibrates and statins are associated with a 42-fold and 8-fold increased risk of myopathy, respectively, compared to normal controls, but the incidence remains low, at 6 per 100,000 and 1 per 100,000, respectively.
