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The recently reported rapid deaths of two patients infected with a new highly toxic staph strain suggests the deadly pathogen is emerging in the community and certainly will pose a threat to hospitals, a researcher tells Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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In this issue: FDA warning on topical anesthetics; antipsychotics increase sudden cardiac death; the step up vs step down debate; treating pain, fatigue, mood, and sleep in fibromyalgia; FDA Actions.
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One of the most common and poignant questions an ovarian cancer patient asks upon learning of her diagnosis is, "How did I get this?
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The Women's Iinternational Study of Long Duration Oestrogen after the Menopause (WISDOM) trial was a randomized, controlled trial in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, of 3721 women aged 50-69 treated with either combined 0.625 mg conjugated estrogens and 2.5/5.0 mg medroxyprogesterone, or placebo. The original plan was to randomize 22,300 women to the study that would last 10 years.
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Curtis and colleagues from the University of Alabama at Birmingham measured the rate of hip fracture among women who discontinued bisphosphonate therapy compared with women who remained on treatment.
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A few studies have suggested that we tend to underestimate blood loss during deliveries and cesarean sections. A group from Louisiana State University has addressed this issue again in a very clever way.
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Placenta accreta can represent a real clinical conundrum, especially if it is unrecognized before delivery.