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Adding continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to medical therapy in patients who have obstructive sleep apnea and congestive heart failure both improves systolic function and lowers blood pressure.
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A high intake of nondairy protein may accelerate renal function decline in women with mild renal insufficiency.
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Detection of Alzheimers Disease and Dementia in the Preclinical Phase; Shoe Design and Plantar Pressures in Neuropathic Feet; Serum Thyroid Stimulating Hormone in Assessment of Severity of Tissue Hypothyroidism in Patients with Overt Primary Thyroid Failure.
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Rea and colleagues report a longitudinal survey of cardiac arrests in King County, Wash, (excluding the city of Seattle) from 1977 to 2001. The study, from a region with perhaps the best emergency medical system in the country, adds important data.
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This study, following on the heels of the recent negative trial in postpercutaneous coronary stenting patients, suggests that we have more to learn about the role of folic acid and homocysteine in CAD.
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Current supportive heart failure therapy has reduced morbidity and mortality, but adverse outcomes are still frequent. Clearly, an approach based upon eliminating the cause of myocardial dysfunction would be advantageous. This study is an attempt to pursue this line of therapy for viral myocarditis using the antiviral agent INFB.
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Sutton and colleagues from New Zealand explored the concept that natriuretic peptide levels (ANP, BNP) may aide in the determination of the severity of mitral regurgitation.
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Sweeney and colleagues from the Mode Selection Trial report on the effects of ventricular pacing in patients with sinus node dysfunction.
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This report is a detailed analysis of the approximate 6000 diabetics in the Heart Protection Study, which investigated the efficacy of simvastatin (simva) and antioxidant vitamins.
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Nasally Administered Flu Vaccine Comes to United States; Paxil: Not Recommended for Children; Prilosec Granted OTC Status; Finasteride and Prostate Cancer; Xolair: First Biologic Agent for Asthma; West Nile Virus Update; Study Shows COX-2 Inhibitors Appear Safe with Aspirin in Asthma Patients; Lamictal Approved for Bipolar Disorder
