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The severity of the neuropathy and the availability of potential treatments, including avoidance of provocative factors, make identification important.
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SOS, in part, can be attributed to PD-specific pathology because disease duration and subjective disease severity have been shown to be predictors of SOS.
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The first head-to-head comparison study of an ACE inhibitor and an angiotensin receptor blocker, to assess renoprotective effects in type 2 diabetes, has shown that the drugs are comparable in their benefit.
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Current use of gastric acid-suppressive therapy was associated with an increased risk of community-acquired pneumonia.
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The relative risk for each 1% increase in hemoglobin A1c was 1.3 for CHD, 1.2 for CVD, and 1.2 for all cause mortality.
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Adding early manual manipulation of the cervicothoracic spine for shoulder pain or dysfunction disorders, in addition to regular care of information, advice and medications, produced much better recovery at both 12- and 52-weeks post treatments.
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The FDA has approved a new formulation of hydromorphone for the management of pain.
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Agents which alter cardiac repolarization have been associated with torsades de pointes.
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Merck announced on September 30th that it is voluntarily withdrawing rofecoxib (Vioxx) from the worldwide market.
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Oseltamivir treatment of children with influenza A virus infection was associated with the selection of resistant mutants in 18%.