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Influenza virus first was isolated from chickens suffering from fowl plague in 1901 a subtype we now call H7N7. In 1931, an influenza virus closely related to the virus that caused the Great Pandemic of 1918 was identified in swine. The first influenza B virus was isolated in 1940, and the first influenza C virus in 1947. The ability to isolate these viruses and grow them in embryonated eggs eventually led to the ability to develop and test influenza vaccines and antiviral medications, as well as to perform careful seasonal surveillance.
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Incidence of Diabetes in Middle-Aged Men is Related to Sleep Disturbances; Renal Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Outcomes after Myocardial Infarction; Topical Treatments for Psoriasis; Induction of Long-term Glycemic Control in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic Patients is Associated with Improvement of Beta-Cell Function; Predicting Bacterial Cause in Infectious Conjunctivitis; Angiotensin-Receptor Blockade vs Converting-Enzyme Inhibition in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy.
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Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a term used to designate a level of cognitive change in between normalcy and dementia. Alzheimers disease (ALZ) continues to be an individually and epidemiologically compelling disorder, with only modest therapeutic advances in the previous decade.
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Recurrent MI a major cause of death in post MI left-ventricular
dysfunction patients.
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Body size is not a significant predictor of CABG mortality.
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Based on a large national database of heart valve patients, a risk score has been developed to predict operative mortality for any valve surgery.
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Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation occurs commonly after radiofrequency ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation. Thus, a symptom only based follow-up substantially overestimates the true success rate of AF ablation procedures.
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This system may be an alternative therapeutic strategy for patients at risk of stroke who have contraindications for long-term warfarin anticoagulation.
