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Cirrhosis-related parkinsonism may represent a unique, consistent, and common subset of acquired hepatocerebral degeneration, whose features are permanent and entirely different from acute hepatic encephalopathy episodes.
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Aripiprazole is a new antipsychotic agent approved for the treatment of schizophrenia. This atypical agent is a quinolinone that has partial agonist activity at dopamine D2 receptors. The drug will be marketed as being better tolerated and safer than other atypical agents, as well as being dosed once a day.
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Increase in Blood Glucose Concentration During Antihypertensive Treatment as a Predictor of Myocardial Infarction; Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care; Prevention of Hip Fracture by External Hip Protectors
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This diagnostic test rapidly identifies those patients with postpartum hemorrhage who will require a laparotomy. Even when results are positive, life-threatening hemorrhage is arrested and time is also allowed to correct any consumptive coagulopathy.
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One year after the cancelation of the estrogen-progestin arm of the WHI, 3 more reports have emerged from this landmark study. Leon Speroff, MD, and Sarah L. Berga, MD provide their analysis.
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Insulin resistance increases with increasing body weight and is most prevalent in Mexican-Americans.
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