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Uncomplicated Pure Cellulitis: No Need to Cover for MRSA?
Uncomplicated cellulitis, defined as cellulitis without abscess, is most often caused by streptococci. -
Hospital Medicine Alert - Full July 2013 Issue in PDF
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Healthy Physicians Equal Healthy Patients
More patients who received a preventive medicine intervention also had their physician receive the corresponding preventive intervention. -
Aspirin and Melanoma Prevention: Data from the Women’s Health Initiative
In a large population of Caucasian women participating in the Womens Health Initiative Observational Study, those who used aspirin had a significantly lower risk of melanoma and increased duration of use was associated with incrementally greater protection. -
Pharmacology Update By William T. Elliott
The FDA has approved paroxetine for the treatment of hot flashes (vasomotor symptoms) in postmenopausal women. -
In Loco Parentis
How do we involve patients in decisions about their health care? This study from the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation attempts to answer the question using the results of a survey conducted between 2010 and 2011 with a probability sample from across the United States. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky
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Will We be Giving Melatonin to Prevent and Treat Type 2 Diabetes?
A case-control study of women in the Nurses Health Study Cohort showed that lower melatonin secretion is independently associated with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. There is a physiologic basis for this finding since melatonin has a role in glucose metabolism and lack of melatonin is associated with increased insulin resistance. -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full July 29, 2013 Issue in PDF
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Value of Yoga Training in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
This small proof-of-concept study suggests that yoga may be helpful in patients with highly symptomatic, long-standing paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.