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Alternative Therapy for Depression?; FDA Actions
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Thirty-three of the more than 3000 lost boys of Sudan (mean age, 25 years) in the United States were evaluated. All but 6 reported chronic abdominal pain. Ten (48%) of 21 had Schistosoma mansoni and one had S. haematobium infection, while 5 (20%) of 25 were HBsAg carriers and 3 (12%) of 25 had chronic hepatitis due to HBV.
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This paper reports on 5 HIV-infected patients receiving TDF-containing antiretroviral (ARV) therapy who developed ARF. One patient had associated Fanconi syndrome/renal tubular acidosis (RTA).
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When Primary Ebstein-Barr Infection occurs in early childhood, it is usually asymptomatic. Infection later, during adolescence or in adulthood, is associated with a classic syndrome that we term infectious mononucleosis (IM), mono in the vernacular.
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Although patients with SVG plaque ruptures are older and have more co-morbidities, the clinical presentation and angiographic and IVUS features are remarkably similar to those of native artery plaque ruptures.
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Controversy exists concerning the usefulness of stress testing for low-risk patients held for observation in a chest pain unit.
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The observation that beta-blockers do not reduce cardiovascular events as compared to other agents with equal blood pressure lowering in clinical trials may be due to different effects on central aortic pressure.
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These prospective data suggest that sudden cardiac death during exertion is an extremely rare event in women.
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These findings support the aggressive development of alternative screening methods to enhance identification of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death.
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Aggressive LDL lowering with statins, so-called "very intensive statin therapy," leads to reversal of coronary atherosclerosis, according to a new study.