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An MRI is often used to assist in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. This systematic review of 29 studies shows that an MRI will result in an overdiagnosis of MS when used after one episode of neurologic dysfunction.
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A 12-lead ECG was obtained from a 66 year old man with heart failure. How would you interpret this ECG? Does the patient have RBBB (right bundle branch block)? Is there "a twist" to answering this question?
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Do long-acting beta agonist inhalers increase the severity of asthma? Yes, according to the results from a large meta-analysis recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Telithromycin Impact in Acute Asthma; Comorbid Hypo-gonadism in Diabetic Men with Erectile Dysfunction; Is Iron Deficiency Related to Alopecia?; LDL Reduction in Diabetes: Is Much Lower Better?; What About the Very Elderly and Colonoscopy?; Is There an Iraq War Syndrome? Comparison of the Health of UK Service Personnel after the Gulf and Iraq Wars;
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Rescue PCI in the setting of early fibrinolytic failure improves mortality, but this is tempered by a possible increase in the risk of thromboembolic stroke.
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Even a device which makes perfect physiological sense may not help us achieve the goals of improved outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims.
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Commonly used drugs in patients with coronary disease or COPD may be beneficial in the absence of specific guideline recommendations at present.
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Do long-acting beta agonist inhalers increase the severity of asthma? Yes, according to the results from a large meta-analysis recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Although time to reperfusion is correlated with mortality in ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with fibrinolytics, its importance in patients treated with percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) is less clear.
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