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Chronic apical right ventricular pacing in patients with congenital heart block is associated with late findings consistent with deleterious left ventricular remodeling.
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The addition of niacin to patients with known coronary artery disease on statins raised HDL cholesterol and reduced atherosclerosis progression.
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The 6 articles in the December 1, 2004, issue of JAMA represent a detailed overview of drug safety in the United States. The withdrawal of cerivastatin reflects the current situation, and problems with antidepressants in youngsters and, more recently, the identification of adverse reactions with the 3 Cox-2 inhibitors, raise important questions regarding the ability of the FDA to effectively police adverse drug reactions after release of a drug.
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In this placebo-controlled study, rivastigmine was associated with moderate improvements in dementia associated with Parkinsons disease but also with higher rates of nausea, vomiting, and tremor.
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This phase 1 study shows that cerebral embolectomy with the Merci Retriever was safe and that successful recanalization could benefit a significant number of patients, even when performed in an extended 8-hour time window.
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These findings indicate that autonomic symptoms and deficits are common in diabetes, but mild in severity, and that the correlation between symptom scores and deficits is overall weak in mild diabetic neuropathy, emphasizing the need to separately evaluate autonomic symptoms.
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These data prove the high diagnostic value of our objective EEG criteria in CJD.
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Vitamin E had no significant effects in slowing disease progression, and no significant side effects in the patient population were encountered. Patients who regularly take vitamin E have a 60% reduced risk of getting ALS.