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Flu ShortageWho Cares?; Can Cutaneous Zoster Result in Airborne Transmission?; If It Was a Bear. . . Part II; Breakthrough Fungal Infection With Voriconazole.
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Over a 7-year period, there was a dramatic increase in the isolation of community-acquired MRSA in the San Francisco area. Molecular typing showed movement of community-acquired strains into hospitals.
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A retrospective review found evidence indicating improved survival when voriconazole was used in combination with caspofungin than when voriconazole was used alone in the treatment of patients with invasive aspergillos failing therapy with amphotericin B.
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Viagra: Maximum Capacity at High-Altitudes?; FDA Actions.
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Routine pelvic and para-aortic lymph node dissection is not necessary in the majority of women with ovarian low malignant potential tumors.
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YKL-40 may represent a novel marker for the detection of early-stage ovarian cancer. YKL-40 levels in early stage patients may also predict disease recurrence and survival. The use of YKL-40 in detection of early stage ovarian cancer deserves further investigation.
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Peripheral arterial disease may be stratified in severity by the ankle-brachial index, measured by dividing the ankle systolic BP by the brachial systolic BP.
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An NIH Consensus Panel has announced new recommendations for the diagnosis of celiac disease using new serologic testing.
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The newer, more potent, statin drugs are capable of reducing LDL cholesterol safely and tolerably in most patients thus making a target LDL of 50-70 mg/dL a practical goal, but how low is too low?
