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Testing and treating H. pylori and empirical PPI treatment similarly relieved symptoms in dyspeptic patients, but the 'test and treat' strategy resulted in lower endoscopic workload and decreased cost.
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Chronic insomnia in older adults improved more with objective measures when treated with cognitive behavioral therapy rather than nightly medications.
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The FDA has given an accelerated approval for a new protease inhibitor (PI) for the treatment of HIV infections. Darunavir (TMC114) is approved for patients who have shown resistance to more than one protease inhibitor.
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The two non-sequential lead II rhythm strips shown in the image were interpreted as showing "sinus tachycardia (top strip) with sudden development of PSVT" (lower strip).
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Cephalosporins should be considered for penicillin-allergic patients due to low cross-reactivity risk, but these patients do have a small increased risk of subsequent reactions to both sulfonamides and cephalosporins.
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Black cohosh, when studied in appropriate randomized trials, is no different than placebo treatment in affecting hot flushing.
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Borrelia persica is the causative agent of tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF). The Borrelia name will be familiar to clinicians because of Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Do long-acting beta agonist inhalers increase the severity of asthma? Yes, according to the results from a large meta-analysis recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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"As many as 98,000 deaths per year are due to errors in hospital care.1" ... "A RAND Health study found that only 54.9% of patients received recommended care.2"
