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Bacteria were present on the cell phones of all hospital clinicians studied, with potentially pathogenic microorganisms isolated from 29% of them. Contamination with pathogens was found more commonly with smart phones than with non-smart phones, and by multivariable analysis no other factor was associated with this difference.
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A strategy of annual screening of blood pressure was as sensitive and more specific than the usual practice of measuring it at every office visit.
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Whats the Durability of Lifestyle Change in Type 2 Diabetes?; Perimenstrual Asthma: A High-Risk Phenotype; Risk of New Onset Diabetes with Statins
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A second ezetimbe/statin combination has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. Ezetimibe is now combined with atorvastatin and is marketed by Merck & Co. as Liptruzet.
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Exercise, both aerobic as well as stretching and strengthening, improves motor function and gait in patients with Parkinsons disease.
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Remember that scene in Doc Martin when he travels to London for a conference, and while his lady awaits his affection in a tiny negligee, he methodically strips the bed looking for bed bugs? How many of us make that a habit now when traveling?
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In the U.S., tigecycline has received indications for use in the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI), complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI), and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) caused by susceptible strains of designated bacteria.