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In a large, well-designed observational study of patients with COPD, treatment with β-blockers during a mean follow-up period of 7.2 years was found not only to reduce the risk of exacerbations, but also to improve survival.
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Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of incident heart failure in community-dwelling middle-aged and older men, but not in women.
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Use of simply obtained historical, physical, and laboratory data can distinguish gout from other forms of arthritis in many patients and avoid joint aspiration.
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The FDA has approved the combination of dutasteride (DUT) and tamsulosin (TAM) in a single capsule. Dutasteride is a 5-a reductase inhibitor and tamsulosin is an a-adrenergic antagonist. The combination is marketed by GlaxoSmithKline as Jalyn™.
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Of late, there has been a renaissance of interest in identification and management of hypogonadism in older men.
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No other bioethics topic stirs passionate debate, political controversy, and religious disapproval quite the way that abortion does and has since its legalization with a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Roe v. Wade in 1973.
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Earlier this year, a nun, Sr. Margaret McBride, who served on the ethics committee at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix ultimately "resigned from her position as vice president of mission integration" at the institution, following what was described as a "tragic case" involving the "termination of an 11-week pregnancy," according to a statement from the hospital.
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[Editor's note: This article is based on a presentation at the 2010 Pediatrics Bioethics Conference hosted on July 23 and 24 by the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children's Hospital.]
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In the wake of Sen. Charles Grassley's efforts to uncover and reduce conflicts of interest (COI) at academic medical institutions, some health care centers are re-examining their COI policies, and one of those is the University of Minnesota.
