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Vindication of Salmeterol-Fluticasone Single-inhaler Combination
The prescription of long-acting beta agonists monotherapy for asthma patients is still appropriate, but data are reassuring in regard to long-acting beta agonists + fluticasone therapy.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Serious Adverse Outcomes
The marked increased risk for suicide in chronic fatigue syndrome patients suggests clinicians should enhance their vigilance for chronic fatigue syndrome and promptly intervene with patients who screen positive for depression.
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Who Should Receive Diabetes/Prediabetes Screening?
Although treating patients with prediabetes delays progression to diabetes, it remains to be seen whether such early identification actually reduces clinical events.
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A Newly Identified Statin Toxicity
Most cases of statin-associated autoimmune myopathy treated in a timely fashion with immunosuppressive therapy produce favorable outcomes.
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Is This ECG Normal for Age?
The seemingly tall lateral chest lead R waves are not outside the normal range for a child this age.
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: effects of testosterone treatment in older men; liraglutide safety and efficacy in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; and long-acting anticholinergics and beta agonists for COPD.
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Daclizumab Injection (Zinbryta)
Another option for the treatment of the relapsing form of multiple sclerosis.
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The Current Outlook for Cardiac Tamponade
In the modern era, cardiac tamponade is most commonly caused by malignancies with poor prognosis. As compared to older literature, iatrogenic causes have increased, most resulting from complications of percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Nature Nurturing Health
A national prospective cohort study of nurses found that higher levels of green vegetation were associated with decreased mortality.
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The Relationship Between Inactivity and Mortality in Heart Failure Patients
Physical inactivity in heart failure patients was associated with an increased risk of all-cause death and cardiac death but not with an increased risk of heart failure hospitalization.