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The Clinton Foundation announced the successful conclusion of negotiations with several pharmaceutical companies to provide lower cost HIV testing and treatment to poorer countries. Four companies3 from India and 1 from South Africa have agreed to provide nevirapine and abacavir (at $USD 240 and $447 per patient per year, respectively), provided that certain conditions are met on an ongoing basis.
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Do Antidepressants Increase Risk of Suicide?; Can Viagra Improve Heart Function?; A Dramatic Increase of Clostridium difficile; FDA Actions
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychobiological syndrome that evolves in vulnerable individuals as a direct consequence of exposure to trauma. While different types of trauma such as natural disasters or rape may precipitate the disorder, the sequelae of symptoms are consistent among victims.
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Treating Opioid-Dependent Patients with OAT; Long-Term Effects of Warfarin Use; Statins Multiple Benefits; FDA Actions
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Issuing a recommendation that soon may become a health care accreditation requirement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for workers who decline seasonal flu shots to sign off on declination statements unless they have medical contraindications.
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The nations leading infection control professional societies have drafted model state legislation for collecting and reporting health care-associated infections that includes the following provisions:
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The aftermath of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Canada is that health care workers are paying unusually close attention to infection control inservicing and education programs, an epidemiologist reports.
