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Most clinicians maintain a fairly glucose-centric view of diabetes. That is, we have made the assumption that the most visible derangement in diabetes, hyperglycemia, is the culprit producing vascular disease.
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Lack of sleep impairs the immune system and lowers resistance to viral illness. The quality of sleep is important. Those volunteers who spent less than 92% of their time in bed asleep were five-and-a-half times more likely to become ill than those who were asleep for at least 98% of their time in bed.
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In a multicenter, prospective, randomized study of Japanese Type 2 diabetic patients, low-dose aspirin as primary prevention did not reduce the risk of cardiovascular events.
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Erythromycin, 250 mg bid, reduced the number of exacerbations in patients with moderate COPD over a 1-year period.
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The ECG shown above was obtained from a patient with acute shortness of breath. The QRS complex was recognized to be wide, and the clinical question raised was whether the patient should be immediately shocked. How would you respond?
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Years ago, we tried to reach Ruth Carrico for a story and she came in from hospital curbside where she was running a drive-through flu shot campaign. The slogan? It wouldnt be the first time you killed a bug with your car.
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Having cast a cold eye on hospitals, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will next develop plans to improve infection prevention in ambulatory settings and long-term care, Hospital Infection Control & Prevention has learned.
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Most people in health care would agree that damage control is critical to the success of their productivity.