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The new guidelines recommend antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis in a much more restricted group of patients than did previous guidelines.
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A prediction tool that factors age, history of smoking, BMI, and alcohol use can determine a man's risk for colorectal cancer.
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A randomized controlled trial of 281 men with BPH showed that once daily Tadalafil (Cialis) 20 mg improved lower urinary tract symptoms compared with placebo.
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Unless prophylaxed, most post-stroke patients with hemiplegia develop deep venous thrombosis (DVT), and as many as 20% sustain pulmonary embolism (PE).
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The FDA has approved the first of a new class of antibiotics for the topical treatment of impetigo. Retapamulin belongs to a class of agents called pleuromutilins.
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Although the addition of PCI to optimal medical therapy in patients with chronic stable CHD reduced the prevalence of angina, it did not reduce the long-term rates of death, nonfatal myocardial infarctions and hospitalizations for acute coronary syndromes.
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The spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can range from asymptomatic accumulation of fat in the liver without inflammation, to non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH).
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A low-glycemic load diet is more likely to produce weight loss in obese young adults who have high insulin concentrations than is a low fat diet; it is also more likely to improve high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and triglycerides, regardless of insulin levels.
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Sweeping new changes have been made to the guidelines for prevention of endocarditis in patients undergoing dental procedures.