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Invasive aspergillosis among neutropenic patients could be reliably diagnosed using a commercial test Fungitell to detect the cell wall component (1->3)-ß-D-glucan of certain fungi, including Aspergillus. However, diagnosis was more accurate when both (1->3)-ß-D-glucan and galactomannan were detected.
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A 46-year-old male presented to a San Jose, California, hospital emergency department with with bilateral diplopia dysphagia, dysphonia, and weakness of his proximal arms. He had been seen in several other medical care facilities over the previous days without diagnosis. The patient regularly self-injected with black tar heroin and had been doing so for 8 years.
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Patients who had both diabetes and sleep apnea had improved HbA1c and postprandial glucose when they used Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) for more than 4 hours a night.
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Breast cancer in young women is uncommon, but when it does occur, it is thought to be very aggressive. In this large series of young (< 35 years old) patients from a single institution seen over a 13-year period, high tumor grade, hormone receptor negativity, and family history of ovarian cancer turned out to be significant negative prognostic indicators.
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The FDA has approved a new long-acting insulin analog produced by DNA technology.
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Chocolate enthusiasts, take heart! Evidence that dark chocolate benefits more than just the palate is presented in this study from Greece.
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Seven pieces of information can identify those patients most likely to successfully rehabilitate back pain.
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When the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study was stopped, 9351 postmenopausal women stopped taking combined estrogen and progestin or placebo. The WHI investigators followed up on these women with a survey at 8 to 12 months after stopping the pills. More that half of the women taking the hormones developed vasomotor symptoms and, in about 21%, these symptoms were moderate to severe.
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When closest family members of critically ill patients were interviewed 90 days later, significant post-traumatic stress symptoms were present in one-third of them. Risks for PTSD were more prevalent if the patient had died in the ICU, especially after end-of-life decision-making in which the family member participated.
