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Citing concerns about patient safety and the arrogance of his professional colleagues, a retired surgeon is urging that those practicing surgery should undergo mandatory testing for bloodborne infections.
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After years of fierce protest by infection control professionals, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has officially withdrawn its proposed health care tuberculosis standard.
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This study concludes that there may be a direct association between ischemia and the development of Alzheimers pathology (plaques and neurofibrillary tangles), or alternatively, ischemia may unmask otherwise mild cases of AD.
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The management of the obesity epidemic is complex, but there are some interventions that can be helpful.
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Although the phenomenon of cutaneous melanoma (CM) arising from melanocytic nevi (MN) is known, the transformation rate of MN into CM is not. Tsao and associates set out to calculate the rate, using published data and making some assumptions to ease the calculation.
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Noncompliance with treatment for latent tuberculosis can be monitored with the aid of a special urine test that checks for metabolites of isoniazid.
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The FDA has approved aprepitant for preventing both acute and delayed nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy.
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Influenza Vaccination and Reduction in Hospitalizations; Screening Men for Prostate and Colorectal Cancer; Weight Loss in CHF and Treatment with ACE-I
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