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CPAP treatment lowered blood pressure and improved metabolic abnormalities in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
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Scenario: Interpret the ECG shown above, obtained from an older woman on multiple drugs who presented to the emergency department with chest pain and an exacerbation of her chronic heart failure. What is the rhythm? Why so much ST depression? Clinically, what would you do?
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The FDA has approved a new formulation of oxymorphone extended-release tablets that is designed to be crush-resistant in order to reduce the potential for diversion and abuse.
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Interpret the rhythm for the 12-lead ECG and lead II rhythm strip shown above. The patient was aware of "rapid heart beat" but was hemodynamically stable at the time the tracing was recorded. What is your differential diagnosis? What diagnostic maneuver might help to determine what the rhythm is?
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Eating chocolate may be part of a healthy lifestyle.
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Rivaroxaban, an oral factor XA inhibitor, has been approved for reducing the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The drug joins dabigatran (Pradaxa) as the second "nonwarfarin" oral anticoagulant approved for this indication.
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For unknown reasons, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus (E-ca) is experiencing the most rapid increase of any known cancer in the United States.
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This commentary challenges the urologic medical community to get past its "collective obsession with technology" and try to figure out why some surgeons have better outcomes, irrespective of the surgical approach taken.
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Sudden cardiac death (SCD) among postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease is common. The presence of congestive heart failure, reduced kidney function, atrial fibrillation, physical inactivity, and diabetes are independent risk factors for SCD. Some of these factors can be modified and SCD can be prevented.
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