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This study concludes that there may be a direct association between ischemia and the development of Alzheimers pathology (plaques and neurofibrillary tangles), or alternatively, ischemia may unmask otherwise mild cases of AD.
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The management of the obesity epidemic is complex, but there are some interventions that can be helpful.
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Although the phenomenon of cutaneous melanoma (CM) arising from melanocytic nevi (MN) is known, the transformation rate of MN into CM is not. Tsao and associates set out to calculate the rate, using published data and making some assumptions to ease the calculation.
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Noncompliance with treatment for latent tuberculosis can be monitored with the aid of a special urine test that checks for metabolites of isoniazid.
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The FDA has approved aprepitant for preventing both acute and delayed nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy.
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Influenza Vaccination and Reduction in Hospitalizations; Screening Men for Prostate and Colorectal Cancer; Weight Loss in CHF and Treatment with ACE-I
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In this European study, investigators randomized 200 out-of-hospital VF/VT cardiac arrest victims to immediate defibrillation and standard cardiac arrest care (96 patients in the standard group) vs. three minutes of CPR prior to defibrillation (104 patients in the CPR-first group) performed by responding emergency medical services (EMS) personnel.
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The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to compare adverse outcomes among patients given intravenous tPA in routine clinical practice to those given tPA in the NINDS cohort, and to examine the relationship of protocol deviations to adverse outcomes.
