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I am writing to provide important details from the Today contraceptive sponge worldwide Phase III clinical trial that were not presented in your recent article in Contraceptive Technology Update.
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MRI is more sensitive than CT for detecting acute ischemia and can detect acute hemorrhage with equal sensitivity to CT.
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Several CSF biomarkers, sphingomyelin, sphingomyelinase, ceramide, 4-hydroxynonenal, and vitamin E, are associated with the development of HIV dementia in patients being treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
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Elderly patients with glioblastoma, who are independent in activities of daily living, will have a longer survival with good quality of life if treated with radiotherapy rather than supportive care, alone.
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Intracranial stenting is a promising new technology for secondary stroke prevention, but needs to be studied in a randomized trial against best medical therapy.
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Celiac disease is a cause of treatable inflammatory myopathy, and is easily diagnosed with serum antibody studies.
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Men with migraine are at increased risk of myocardial infarction. But, risk of ischemic stroke is increased only in younger male migraineurs.
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Sweeping new changes have been made to the guidelines for prevention of endocarditis in patients undergoing dental procedures.
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The incidence of acute Hepatitis A, which has previously cycled at 10 to 15 year intervals, has steadily decreased since its last peak in 1995, reaching a nadir in 2005 when 4488 cases were reported.