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The FDA has approved a new drug combination for acute, uncomplicated malaria infection.
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Advancing age was inversely related to the frequency of colorectal cancer screening, but even severe comorbidity did not seem to proportionally decrease colorectal cancer screening.
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The ECG above was obtained from a 62-year-old man with hypertension who was being seen in the office. How would you interpret this tracing if he had told you of some chest discomfort that he felt for the first time earlier that morning?
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Weight management issues continue to be problematic for persons with type 2 diabetes.
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Correlation of 6 different immunochemical qualitative fecal occult blood tests with colonoscopy findings showed wide variation in diagnostic performance.
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A significant portion of patients with irritable bowel syndrome will test positive for celiac disease.
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The simultaneously obtained lead II and lead V1 rhythm strip seen above was interpreted as showing atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response. Do you agree?
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The ACCORD trial has been newsworthy in the last several months primarily due to the early results of increased cardiovascular events associated with very tight glucose control.
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Everolimus is the newest oral kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma.
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Almost one-fifth of Medicare patients who were discharged from a hospital were rehospitalized within 30 days, and about a third were rehospitalized within 90 days. Most of these readmissions were not planned.