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High-risk patients benefit from perioperative beta-blockers when undergoing major noncardiac surgery according to new study.
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Colorectal cancer screening saves lives. This fact is clear and unequivocal. Yet it could be argued that no other preventive health measure raises as many questions or causes as much confusion for patients and for their doctors. The intent of this article is to cut through the confusion and misinformation surrounding colorectal cancer screening and to give primary care physicians the facts to help their patients make informed decisions and choose the test that’s right for them.
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The FDA has issued a public Health Advisory regarding the identification of 4 cases of toxic shock following medical abortion with Mifepristone (formerly RU-486) and intravaginal misoprostol in the United States.
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The FDA has recently approved daptomycin for use in skin and skin-structure infections, but this antibiotic failed the test of non-inferiority in a trial of severe community-acquired pneumonia.
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Saccharomyces boulardii (recently recognized as a strain of S. cerevisiae rather than a distinct species) is widely used as a probiotic for the treatment of diarrhea and for the prevention and treatment of C. difficile-associated colitis.
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Musher and colleagues followed 207 patients with C. difficile colitis treated with appropriate (at least 1.5 gm/day) doses of metronidazole for at least 7 days. All patients had a positive stool ELISA assay for C. difficile toxin.
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Two definite (culture-confirmed), and one probable, cases of K. kingae invasive disease were reported in Minnesota in October 2003, among children attending the same toddler classroom of a childcare center.