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Spironolactone for Resistant Hypertension
Recent studies suggest spironolactone is the most efficacious fourth drug for patients with drug-resistant hypertension.
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Is Sodium Restriction Detrimental in Chronic Heart Failure?
Dietary sodium restriction may have a detrimental effect on outcome in patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Put a Lid on It; ESBL Is Blasé Compared with this Superbug; Cleaner Data on Cleaning Needed; All Those Fake Knees and Hips
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Dengue in Paradise
Dengue virus has infected more than 250 individuals on the island of Hawaii since September 2015.
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Some Professions Are More Dangerous Than Others: HIV Transmission in the Adult Film Industry
Routine HIV testing failed to prevent HIV transmission, with an attack rate of 29% in male adult film performers.
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Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) in the United States — The Role of Armadillos and the Increasing Incidence in Florida
The evidence linking armadillos to human Hansen’s disease is increasing and the range of infected armadillos and potentially related human cases has expanded into Florida where the incidence of this infection is increasing.
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Vaccinated HCWs Can Still Acquire Measles, Expose Patients
Even workers with a history of measles vaccination or immunity should wear an N95 or equivalent respiratory protection when examining or caring for patients with suspected or confirmed measles, says Shruti K. Gohil, MD, lead author of a recent study on the issue and associate medical director of Epidemiology & Infection Prevention at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.
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25% of HCWs May Refuse to Treat Patients in Next Pandemic Threat
Based on the historical precedents of HIV/AIDS and Ebola, some 25% of healthcare workers may refuse to treat patients with the next novel pandemic pathogen that is perceived as life-threatening, researchers report in a fascinating new attitudinal study.
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Preventing Sexual Transmission of Zika, Case in Dallas Prompts CDC guidelines
It was not entirely unexpected that emerging Zika virus could transmit sexually — as it has now done in the first case acquired in the U.S. — but it jolted a public health narrative that was primarily focused on mosquitoes, pregnancy, and birth defects.
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Puerto Rico Bracing for Possible Zika Epidemic
Zika is establishing a foothold in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which has ongoing transmission of the virus and spread is projected to increase, the CDC reports.