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Holiday time has come and gone. did you remember to stop and count your blessings? It's all around us during the holiday season—in the cards we sent, the holiday movies we watched, and the pause before we carved the holiday turkey.
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Alendronate: How Much of a Good Thing?; Early Localized Prostate Cancer: Does Intervention Make a Difference?; CV Biomarkers: The More Is Not Always the Merrier; BNP: Not Just for Heart Failure; Like Everything Else, The Brain is Use It or Lose It; High Vitamin D Levels are Associated with Reduced Risk of MS
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In a multicenter international open-label study, patients with proven or probable invasive aspergillosis (IA) that was refractory to standard antifungal therapy or who were intolerant to such therapy were treated with posaconazole in a total daily amount of 800 mg administered in divided doses.
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Pronovost and colleagues conducted a multi-hospital cohort study aimed at reducing the rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) in ICUs. The intervention focused on increasing adherence to evidence-based CDC recommendations for catheter insertion.
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Male sexual partners of women with vaginal trichomoniasis were tested, using urethral and urine culture, as well as urine polymerase chain reaction (PCR), for evidence of infection with this flagellated protozoan.
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Uk-427,857 (Maraviroc) is an investigational small-molecule HIV entry inhibitor that binds to the CCR5 chemokine receptor on the surface of T-cells. This chemokine receptor is normally the receptor for the chemokines MIP-1 alpha and RANTES.
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Treatment of chronic Hepatitis B is directed at suppressing viral replication, reducing hepatitis (necroinflammatory) activity, slowing progression of fibrotic disease, inducing loss of HBeAg with seroconversion to anti-HBe, and rendering patients noninfectious.
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An outbreak of highly drug-resistant S. enterica Serotype Typhimurium which was resistant to all drugs tested was first identified in 2 young boys in 2004 in Minnesota and North Carolina who had been in contact with pet mice.
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Herbal Supplements to Treat Vasomotor Symptoms; Bisphosphonates to Treat LBD, After 5 Years?; FDA Actions
