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Bendopnea, which is defined as shortness of breath when bending over, has been found to be a dominant symptom in patients with heart failure. It appears to be caused by a further increase in filling pressures when bending over in patients with heart failure, especially when filling pressures are already high and the cardiac index is reduced.
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The fda has approved the first naloxone hand-held auto-injector. It is intended for family members or caregivers to treat suspected opioid overdose. The auto-injector can be carried in a pocket or stored in a medicine cabinet. The product was reviewed under the agencys priority review program. It is marketed by Kaleo, Inc. as Evzio.
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The first article summarizes the practical aspects of choosing an antibiotic in a patient with a reported drug allergy. The second describes the presence of K103 resistant virus in CSF but not in plasma.
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A protease-inhibitor-based regimen containing lopinavir-ritonavir provided more durable antiviral efficacy than a similar regimen containing nelfinavir in treatment-naïve HIV-infected patients.
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Orlistat in Overweight Patients with Type 2 Diabetes; Sleep Attacks in Patients Taking Dopamine Agonists; Probiotics in Prevention of AAD; Botulinum Toxin for Wrist and Finger Spasticity; Exercise in People with Fibromyalgia; Risk of Diabetes Among Patients with Schizophrenia
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This study compared the efficacy of several commercially available insect repellents. The topical application of compounds containing DEET was far more protective against mosquito bites than was application of products containing soybean oil or citronella.
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Murine typhus is an unusual infection and probably often overlooked. Outbreaks occur when there is migration of rats and mice into residential areas.
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A clonal outbreak of a newly identified organism, Clostridium neonatale, occurred in association with necrotizing enterocolitis in a neonatal ICU.
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The emergence of chronic wasting disease, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in North American cervids, raises concern about potential transmission to humans, as has occurred elsewhere with bovine spongiform encephalopathy and vCJD.