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Computer keyboards may serve as reservoirs for serious nosocomial pathogens.
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Lipid-lowering therapy reduces stroke incidence in coronary patients, especially when total cholesterol level is lowered to less than 232 mg/dL (6.0 mmol/L), which explains the best results being obtained with statins.
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Greenfield RH. Adminstration of high-dose vitamin D to prevent fractures. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(7):84.
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Patient Handout: Relaxation Techniques. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(7 Suppl):S1-S2.
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O'Mathuna DP. Iridology as a diagnostic tool. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(7):81-83.
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Ramalanjaona G. The role of biofeedback in asthma. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(7):78-81.
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Marcolina ST. Food for thought: Organic. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(7):73-78.
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Consistent with the notion that sternitis always accompanies poststernotomy mediastinitis, microbiologic examination of sternal puncture specimens was highly accurate in the diagnosis of deep infection in that setting.
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Neither adding a single dose of ceftriaxone to a 10-day course of doxycycline nor extending the duration of doxycycline therapy to 20 days is better than a straightforward 10-day course of oral doxycycline in the treatment of patients with erythema migrans.
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A study of pleconaril in infants with enterovirus meningitis showed good oral availability, but the limited virus shedding and benign course of enterovirus meningitis in infants precluded identifying virological or clinical benefit.