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Despite the grim statistics, recurrent ovarian cancer is somewhat distinguished from other solid tumors in its ability to retain and regain some "sensitivity" to chemotherapy long into its natural progression.
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New Hope for Macular Degeneration?; Can Cialis be Used for Edema?; FDA Actions
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For years clinicians have been administering oxygen by mask to patients with worrisome fetal heart rate patterns. Yet, a Cochrane database review has questioned this practice because of the lack of solid date to demonstrate its benefit.
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The role of primary tumor resection for those who present with disseminated breast cancer has not been established. Rapiti and colleagues performed a population-based study to determine the impact of local surgery on survival in women with breast cancer who, at the time of initial presentation, were known to have distant metastases.
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Nouwen and colleagues at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, have a long and sophisticated interest in staphylococcal infection and, in particular, the role of carriage, and subsequent infection with S. aureus.
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Of 405 Israeli travelers followed for 6 months after return, 84% had visited Asia, while the remainder had been to Africa or South America. Traveler's diarrhea was experienced by 118 (28.6%), and 16 (13.6%) of these subsequently developed symptoms suggestive of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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As of June 25, 2006, India had reported 60 polio cases for 2006; 57 being wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and 3 wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3). Of these cases, 46 were from Uttar Pradesh (UP) state, 12 from Bihar state, one from Madhya Pradesh state bordering UP, and one from Jharkhand state bordering Bihar.
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Dr. Fischer reports no financial relationship relevant to this field of study.This article originally appeared in the August 2006 issue of Travel Medicine Advisor. It was edited by Frank Bia, MD, MPH, and peer reviewed by Mary-Louise Scully, MD.
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New Hope for Macular Degeneration?; Can Cialis be Used for Edema?; FDA Actions
