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Drs. Stuart Connolly and Stefan Hohnloser presented results from the Defibrillator In Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial (DINAMIT). Prior studies had shown that patients with recent myocardial infarction and left ventricular dysfunction are at high risk for death in the period after myocardial infarction.
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Sulfonamide Antibiotics and Sulfonamide Nonantibiotics; Autoantibodies
Before Onset of SLE; Prevention of VTE with Ximelagatran; Combined
Levothyroxine Plus Liothyronine Compared to Levothyroxine Alone in
Primary Hypothyroidism; Specific Site Involvement in Fixed Drug
Eruption; Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients
with Atrial Fibrillation
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The field of hyperbaric medicine is an evolving specialty, and the scope and practice is fluid with new research. This article will give an explanation into the various approved indications, the basic science rationale, and the pathophysiolgy of why hyperbaric medicine works.
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Fifty-one consecutive hepatitis c patients with neuropathy were evaluated to determine whether, and by what mechanism, cryoglobulinemia was associated with peripheral neuropathy.
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Benbadis and associates reviewed the medication history of patients with EEG-confirmed idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
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In this elegant study, Seif and colleagues asked a simple question: does DBS alter urodynamic parameters in patients with Parkinson's disease?
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Relying on careful monitoring to reduce the risk of toxicity, Ritchie and colleagues carried out a 36-week phase II test of the efficacy of clioquinol in reducing plasma beta-amyloid levels and slowing cognitive decline in patients with moderately severe Alzheimer's disease.
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New guidelines for the treatment of bacterial rhinosinusitis were published in the January supplement of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery by the Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership.
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Use of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Evaluation and Management of
Acute Dyspnea; Association Between C-Reactive Protein and Age-Related Macular Degeneration; VZV Reactivation in Astronauts
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Shared pathophysiologic mechanisms for migraine, neuropathic pain, and epilepsy underscore the notion that antiepileptic drugs (AED) should be standard treatment for the former. Five new AEDs and their use in these nonepileptic painful disorders are summarized.
