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Comparing blood pressure medications, determining optimal length of androgen-deprivation therapy, red yeast rice for LDL reduction, and FDA Actions.
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This issue is the second installment in a two-part series on breast cancer. The first part covered epidemiology, histologic types of breast cancer, screening, diagnosis, principles of treatment, and surgical management. This issue will cover chemotherapy, radiation therapy, endocrine therapy, metastatic breast cancer, and primary care for the breast cancer survivor.
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The differential diagnosis of acute chest pain includes three entities that can be lethal if missed: myocardial infarction (MI), pulmonary embolus, and aortic dissection.
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The combination of aspirin with clopidogrel is better than aspirin alone in reducing the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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Adenovirus 14 (Ad14) has emerged as a cause of febrile respiratory illness (FRI) and has resulted in pneumonia in a significant number of patients.
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A randomized study of treatment of septic arthritis in children 3 months to 15 years of age demonstrated that 10 days of treatment, with an initial 2-4 days intravenously followed by oral therapy, was sufficient for most cases, regardless of the infecting pathogen or site of infection.
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The role of intensive antiplatelet therapy for prevention of vascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation remains controversial. The Atrial Fibrillation Clopidogrel Trial with Irbesartan for Prevention of Vascular Events (ACTIVE) trio of studies is an attempt to clarify this issue.
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The ACTIVE Investigators. Effect of clopidogrel added to aspirin in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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The FDA has approved the first oral, selective vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist for the treatment of hypervolemic and euvolemic hyponatremia.