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The Hospice of the Western Reserve of Cleveland, has an award-winning pediatric hospice and palliative care program ...
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Even before hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, worried that small communities were not doing enough to prepare for a disaster.
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In a prospective cohort study of 697 patients with obstructive sleep apnea followed for a median duration of 3.4 years, there was a significant association with stroke or death.
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Recanalization after treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) is more likely in acute stroke patients whose admission serum glucose is less than 158 mg/dL.
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1) is a human retrovirus and the etiologic agent for a progressive neurological disease called HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).
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A substantial minority of patients deemed too good for intravenous tPA were unable to be discharged home.
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In a wide range of patients with acute MI, adding clopidogrel 75 mg daily to aspirin and other standard treatments (such as fibrinolytic therapy) safely reduces mortality and major vascular events ...
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Patients will benefit from further studies to better define the pathophysiology of muscle cramps and to find more effective medications with fewer side-effects.
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Topiramate at a maintenance dose decreased the mean number of monthly headache days in children with frequent migraines. Tolerability of the medication in children was generally similar to placebo.
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The newest generation spiral CT scanner with 64 slices, thin detectors and faster X-ray tube rotation provides high-resolution, near motion-free coronary artery images.
