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Ghost of SARS haunts Toronto in LTC outbreak
Initially sensationalized as a mystery bug, the pathogen that caused a recent outbreak that claimed 17 lives in an Toronto nursing home turned out to be one of the usual suspects: Legionella pneumophila. -
Flu truth for health care: Lead or be lambasted
The authors of a recently published provocative paper advocating mandatory influenza vaccinations for health care workers underscored seven primary truths to support the controversial recommendation. -
First do no harm? Health care workers imperil patients by snubbing flu shots
In cold fact, some unknown number of hospital patients and nursing home residents die of influenza year in, year out because they were treated by health care workers who declined flu vaccination. -
Full November 2005 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch
Roche is Under Pressure Over Its Antiviral Drug Tamiflu; ACE Inhibitors or ARBs for Prediabetics?; Xigris is Approved for Severe Sepsis; ACE Inhibitors Inhibiting Aortic Valve Stenosis?; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Roche is Under Pressure Over Its Antiviral Drug Tamiflu
ACE Inhibitors or ARBs for Prediabetics?; Xigris is Approved for Severe Sepsis; ACE Inhibitors Inhibiting Aortic Valve Stenosis?; FDA Actions -
Full November 2005 Issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Full December 2005 Issue in PDF