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Anticoagulating the Elderly With Atrial Fib: How Low Should You Go?
Maintaining INRs (International normalized ratios) between 2 and 3 is safer than INRs below 2, as suggested by some guidelines. -
Extract of Pelargonium sidoides for Treatment of Acute Bronchitis and Tonsillopharyngitis
Brown DJ. Extract of Pelargonium sidoides for treatment of acute bronchitis and tonsillopharyngitis. Altern Med Alert 2005;1(8):8-11. -
Magnesium and Riboflavin for Migraine: A Review
Hardy ML. Magnesium and riboflavin for migraine: A review. Altern Med Alert 2005;8(1):3-8. -
Low-Fat Diets and Weight Loss
O'Mathuna DP. Low-fat diets and weight loss. Altern Med Alert 2005;8(1):1-3. -
Full January 2005 Issue in PDF
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Supplement - Strategies for Cold and Flu Season: Stopping the Spread of Germs
Strategies for cold and flu season: Stopping the spread of germs. Altern Med Alert 2005;8(suppl 1):S1-S2. -
Clinical Briefs: Vitamin E and Increased Mortality
Greenfield RH. Vitamin E and increased mortality. Altern Med Alert. 2005;8(1):11-12. -
Pharmacology Watch: Hypertension: Therapy vs Calcium Channel Antagonists
Researchers from Sweden performed a meta-analysis of 9 randomized, controlled trials that looked at the effectiveness of atenolol on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with hypertension. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Influenza and Influenza Vaccination 2004-2005
Influenza virus first was isolated from chickens suffering from fowl plague in 1901 a subtype we now call H7N7. In 1931, an influenza virus closely related to the virus that caused the Great Pandemic of 1918 was identified in swine. The first influenza B virus was isolated in 1940, and the first influenza C virus in 1947. The ability to isolate these viruses and grow them in embryonated eggs eventually led to the ability to develop and test influenza vaccines and antiviral medications, as well as to perform careful seasonal surveillance.