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A new topical agent is available for the treatment of actinic keratosis (AK). Ingenol mebutate is a macrocyclic diterpene ester found in the sap of Euphorbia peplus, a common plant found in Africa, Europe, and Asia.
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Zolpidem and risk of falls; AVR and anticoagulation; statins in cancer patients; and FDA actions.
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The 12-lead ECG shown above was obtained from a 50-year-old man with new-onset chest pain. Is this ECG likely to represent a benign early repolarization pattern or the early stage of acute anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)?
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Aspirin therapy, as compared with placebo, significantly reduced the rate of major vascular events with improved net clinical benefit and also reduced the rate of recurrent venous thromboembolism.
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Does Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Pay Off?; Surgical Treatment of Diabetes; Benefits and Consequences of Aldosterone Antagonists for HF
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The author reviewed the strategies of predicting and preventing type 1 diabetes across the different stages of development of the disorder. Not only can risk for type 1 diabetes be predicted, but the approximate age of diabetes onset in children can be ascertained.
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After 4 years, the intensive lifestyle intervention resulted in a greater likelihood of partial remission of type 2 diabetes.
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The risk of hip fracture goes up for about 6 weeks immediately after older people start taking antihypertensives.
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The FDA has approved bedaquiline, a first in class drug for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
