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A Final Word on Safety of Vaginal Ring Contraception?
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OB/GYN Clinical Alert - Full December 2013 Issue in PDF
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What is the Impact of Pediatric Cancer Care on Future Fertility in Female Survivors?
Women undergoing pediatric cancer care are significantly more likely than their siblings to have clinical infertility. -
Clinical Validation of Risk Stratification Criteria for Peripartum Hemorrhage
A study from Pittsburgh testing the efficacy of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative method for at risky patients for possible blood transfusion. -
Pharmacology Update: Doxylamine Succinate and Pyridoxine HCl Delayed-Release Tablets (Diclegis®)
The FDA has approved a fixed combination of doxylamine succinate and pyridoxine for the treatment of nausea and vomiting due to pregnancy. This is a reintroduction of a product widely used between 1956 and 1983. -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full May 15, 2013 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch: New Study on Chelation Therapy Proves Controversial
Chelation therapy for cardiovascular disease; statins and kidney injuries; chlorthalidone for hypertension; and FDA actions. -
Clinical Briefs By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Risks and Benefits of an Extended 10-year Tamoxifen Regimen for Breast Cancer; Is There More Pro than Con in Probiotics in Critically Ill Adults?; The ASH Position Paper on Orthostatic Hypotension -
Fecal Transplants Promising for Clostridium difficile
The distress felt by patients with recurring bouts of Clostridium difficile diarrhea is so acute that they welcome the opportunity to accept anothers feces to bring them back to baseline. There have been more than 30 publications on the topic since it was first introduced in 1958,1 most of them in the last 10 years. -
ECG Review: WCT in a Renal Patient
The ECG shown above was obtained from an acutely ill but alert and hemodynamically stable patient. How certain are you that the rhythm is ventricular tachycardia (VT)? Might there be another explanation if the patient in question was a young adult with renal disease and diabetes?