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Abstract & Commentary: HIV-1 Protein, Nef, Contributes to Insulin Resistance
While a number of antiretroviral agents have been implicated in contributing to both insulin resistance and lipid abnormalities, HIV also directly causes metabolic disturbances. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Medication Poisonings Are Increasing in Children
In this issue: Medication poisonings in children; rosuvastatin vs atorvastatin for atherosclerosis; saw palmetto for prostate symptoms; using atypical antipsychotics for off-label indications in adults; and FDA actions. -
Abstract & Commentary: Clostridium difficile BI: From Canada to the Second City
A 1-month prevalence study was done in 2009 at 25 of the 56 contributing hospitals participating in the Chicago Health Alert Network. -
Infectious Disease Alert November 2011 Issue in PDF
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Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP
In early October, 12 inmates from the Utah State Correctional Facility became acutely ill with nausea, vomiting, facial paralysis, and visual blurring. -
Abstract & Commentary: Movies and Politicians: Which Are Reality-based?
Hollywood movies have always created their own reality. Meanwhile, the rest of us slog through the conventional reality of our daily lives. -
Abstract & Commentary: Necrotizing Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
This study was conducted at the largest children's hospital in Taiwan. All pneumococcal isolates recovered from sterile sites from children hospitalized at this institution were maintained frozen at -20° C since 2000. -
Simplifying the Diagnosis of Mitochondrial Myopathy
Fibroblast growth factor 21, an important regulator of glucose and lipid metabolism in muscle, is strikingly elevated in the serum of patients with mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiencies. -
Neurology Alert - Full November 2011 Issue in PDF