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Schizophrenia is a common form of severe mental illness characterized by disordered thoughts processes, hallucinations, delusions, and social withdrawal. The cause has been attributed to many factors, including obstetrical complications, season of birth, maternal stress, prenatal viral exposure, and poor maternal nutrition.
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It has been well documented that women diagnosed with low malignant potential (LMP) tumors have an excellent prognosis with few recurrences identified in those undergoing definitive resection.
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This is a prospective trial in which the levonorgestrel-releasing IUD was used in 16 patients who had an inherited bleeding disorder including 13 with von Willebrands disease and 2 with factor XI deficiency. No pelvic pathology was identified in any patient.
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Golden and colleagues compared alendronate treatment (10 mg daily) with placebo in a randomized clinical trial, in 32 female adolescents with anorexia nervosa. In addition, every participant was supplemented with calcium and vitamin D.
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Legro and colleagues followed 71 women with polycystic ovary syndrome and 23 normal women with regular menses for 2 to 3 years. Impaired glucose tolerance increased in prevalence during the follow-up period in the women with polycystic ovaries, from 37% with impaired tolerance and 10% with type 2 diabetes mellitus at baseline to 45% and 15%, respectively.
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Danons disease or PRKAG2 mutations can present as HCM but are distinguished by the presence of pre-excitation on the ECG.
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Trained paramedics following current CPR guidelines delivered chest compressions in a suboptimal fashion, which resulted in prolonged no flow ratios which may have contributed to the poor survival data presented.
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In patients with healed upper GI lesions that had caused bleeding and who needed antiplatelet therapy for cardiovascular reasons, aspirin plus esomeprazole was superior to clopidogrel for preventing recurrent upper GI bleeding.
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Stopping aspirin may be hazardous to your health, according to recent research.