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The excess risk of Achilles tendon disorders attributable to fluoroquinolone use was estimated to be 3.2 cases per 1000 patient-years, with most of that increase accounted for by patients 60 years of age and older who concomitantly receive corticosteroids.
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Prostate Cancer Screening; Can We Trust Home BP Measurement?; Systolic and Diastolic Dysfunction
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FDA Issues Black Box Warning Based on WHI Study; ALLHAT: Thiazide for Hypertension Treatment; Candesartan Effective Against Migraines; Cough! No Cold Relief from Echinacea; COX-2 Inhibitors and GI Benefits Could Be Overrated; FDA Actions
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Stroke Reduction in Older Hypertensives with Abnormal Nocturnal Blood
Pressure Dipping; Primary Prevention of Hypertension; Effect of
Aggressive Screening and Treatment on Prostate Cancer Mortality;
Diuretics, Mortality, and Nonrecovery of Renal Function in Acute Renal
Failure; Nut and Peanut Butter Consumption and Risk of DM-2 in Women;
Optimal Diets for Prevention of CHD
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FDA Issues Black Box Warning Based on WHI Study; ALLHAT: Thiazide for Hypertension Treatment; Candesartan Effective Against Migraines; Cough! No Cold Relief from Echinacea; COX-2 Inhibitors and GI Benefits Could Be Overrated; FDA Actions
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The following summaries represent a selection of papers from among those presented at the 42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held September 27-30, 2002, in San Diego and the 40th annual meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), held October 24-27, 2002, in Chicago. Antiretroviral therapy is not included.
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Thiazide diuretics should be the first-step antihypertensives because they are less expensive and more effective than calcium channel blockers or ace inhibitors.
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The FDA has approved teriparatide (rhPTH[1-34]) for the treatment of osteoporosis in men and women.
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Depressed seniors fared better when treated by a team of primary care practitioners and psychiatrists.
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There is a physiological basis to geriatric frailty characterized by inflammation and elevated markers of blood clotting.
