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Dangers of antibiotics are well known and recent research brings to light new dangers of commonly used medications. Five days of azithromycin results in 47 additional deaths from cardiovascular disease compared with amoxicillin and no antibiotic. One out of 2500 patients treated with a fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and norfloxacin) suffer a retinal detachment. These antibiotics should be used only when there is a clear clinical need and with caution.
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In this study of patients imaged with CT angiography, finding of the presence of diagonal earlobe creases was independently and significantly associated with increased prevalence, extent, and severity of coronary artery disease.
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Two large, well-known, U.S. prospective cohort studies, the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, evaluated both sugar-sweetened and diet (low-calorie, also called artificially sweetened) soda consumption over 20 years and found one or more daily servings to be associated with a significantly higher risk of stroke.
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The choice of if and when to employ pharmacotherapy in the management of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not an easy one.
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The FDA has approved an extended-release, once-daily, dipeptidyl-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor in combination with metformin for adults with type 2 diabetes. Janumet XR combines sitagliptin and metformin. The new combination is the second such product joining Kombiglyze XR, which combines saxagliptin and metformin. Janumet XR is marketed by Merck & Co., Inc.
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Rapid influenza diagnostic tests have modest sensitivity and high specificity.
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A retrospective survey of 744 Dutch and Belgian travelers who had ventured to 2500 m (8200 feet) or higher revealed that 25% developed acute mountain sickness. Only half of this group had followed pre-travel advice regarding altitude sickness, and few took preventive acetazolamide.
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Scenario: Interpret the lead MCL-1 rhythm strip shown above. Can you explain the irregularity?
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The lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease is strongly influenced by risk factor burden and may be similar across race and birth cohorts.
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Treatment for headache, including the migraine headache, has significantly changed in the past decade. Causes for headaches, specifically of the migraine type, are still the subject of much debate. Headaches are currently divided simply as primary and secondary. Primary headaches are described as being "idiopathic," or not due to an actual disease process or external stimulus. Secondary headaches are classified as being due to an underlying disease/illness, such as sinusitis, or due to an external stressor, for example, trauma resulting in a closed head injury.
