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Health-care providers should be vigilant for LGV, especially among MSM exposed to persons from Europe, and be prepared to diagnose the disease and provide appropriate treatment to patients and their exposed sex partners.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) has halted mandatory anthrax vaccinations of military personnel after a ruling by the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The injunction cited a congressional prohibition on forced inoculations with investigational drugs in issuing a permanent injunction.
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A Colorado family purchased 6 hamsters from a pet store, all of whom died within a week from a diarrheal illness. One, however, managed to bite a 3-year-old child on the index finger before dying. One week later, the child developed fever and painful left axillary lymphadenopathy, as well as sloughing of skin at the site of the bite.
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Continuum of San Francisco has a goal of finding people who are unaware that they are HIV-positive through its grant from the Advancing HIV Prevention Initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia, FDA Actions.
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Are Im sorry really the magic words? According to a coalition of doctors, hospitals, attorneys, and patients, a lesson most of us learned as toddlers could be the key to stemming the flood of medical malpractice lawsuits in the United States.
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Nurses who smoke experience feelings of guilt and embarrassment and also might be less likely to intercede with patients to encourage them to quit smoking because they feel to do so would be hypocritical.
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Companies offering full-body computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans frequently make unsubstantiated claims about what the scans can do, but rarely give information about the limitations and risks of the tests.