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Diastolic blood pressures as low as 55mm Hg in the elderly were not found to be harmful when treating systolic hypertension; however, for those with known coronary heart disease, a minimum value of 70mm Hg is advised.
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Coronary events occurred more commonly in patients who had experienced negative aspects of close relationships.
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Overweight employees who are paid to lose weight will do so in proportion to how much and how soon they are paid.
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The 12-lead ECG and lead II rhythm strip seen in the Figure was obtained from an unfortunate middle-aged dialysis patient with a dilated cardiomyopathy. He had missed his last dialysis treatment.
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The FDA has approved the second of two new antiretroviral agents from new drug classes. Raltegravir is the first integrase strand transfer inhibitor and follows closely on the approval of maraviroc, a CCR5 co-receptor antagonist.
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Withdrawal of statin therapy in acute ischemic stroke may lead to increases in death and disability.
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Circle the calendar now for the annual Contraceptive Technology conference. Sessions will be held March 6-8, 2008, in Boston, and April 3-5, 2008, in San Francisco.
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The richer nations of the world have stepped up their collective response to the global AIDS pandemic, with the number of HIV-positive people in low- and middle-income countries receiving treatment increasing from 400,000 to 2 million between 2003 and 2006.