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First-Line Therapy for Hypertension
When comparing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) to treat hypertension, researchers observed no difference in major cardiovascular events — but a better safety profile for ARBs.
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Carbohydrates and Insulin Resistance: Pondering Food Quality vs. Quantity
Researchers posit that solving the obesity epidemic is not as simple as eating less and moving more.
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Study: Interferon Does Not Help Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
When combined with remdesivir, the multiple sclerosis drug did not produce clinical benefit.
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Vitamin D and COVID-19
Low levels of vitamin D are associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19, but causality is not yet known.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
A Reservoir of Pharyngeal GC; Difficult-to-Treat vs. Standard Multidrug Resistance
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Malaria: At Last a Vaccine
The World Health Organization has recommended the use of the first effective malaria vaccine.
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Bacillus cereus Causing an Anthrax-Like Pneumonia
Bacillus cereus group organisms may cause a rapidly fatal pulmonary infection consistent with anthrax.
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Can Antibiotics Lead to Colon Cancer?
Swedish researchers saw an association between frequent antibiotic use and proximal colorectal cancer.
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IDWeek 2021: Skipping Along with Staphylococcus aureus
A single set of blood cultures may be inadequate to document clearance of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in some patients.
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IDWeek 2021: Gram-Negative Bacteremia: Are Follow-Up Blood Cultures Routinely Necessary?
A study of significantly immunocompromised patients with gram-negative bacteremia concluded that the routine use of follow-up blood cultures to document clearance is not warranted.