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Reporting unused vaccine in some areas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is letting up the reins and opening supplies to other risk groups. The priority groups remain the same, but others as described here can be immunized if supplies are adequate.
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Nearly two-thirds of new HIV infections in the United States are transmitted by people who do not know they have the disease. A growing array of rapid HIV tests is changing this longstanding problem, providing results in as little as 20 minutes that can help prevent transmission and get those unknowingly infected into treatment.
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While respirator fit-testing has been the most controversial issue, infection control professionals should be aware that a new tuberculosis risk-assessment strategy is outlined in draft TB guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Although proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are considered to be among the safest of drugs, this study suggests that PPIs increase the risk of development of C. difficile-related diarrhea among hospitalized patients.
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The authors of this unsigned editorial were not amused when John Reid, the minister of health for England and Wales, charged the National Health Service hospitals with reducing by half the number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections by 2008.
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Pregabalin has been approved for the management of neuropathic pain. It is the second drug to be approved for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy (after duloxetine) and the first drug to be approved for both diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia.
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Sleep apnea can exacerbate diabetes, and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) can improve glucose control in diabetic patients with sleep apnea.
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Moderate consumption of alcohol in women (about 1 drink daily) was associated with better cognitive scores at 2-year average follow-up in women aged 70 to 81 in the Nurses Health Study compared to nondrinkers, while excessive drinkers did not show any association with either improvement or decline.
