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In This Issue: Baxter Bioscience has developed a whole-virus, two dose
vaccine against avian flu; warning label now on antipsychotics regarding an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for dementia-related psychosis; vitamin D for men with heart disease on
horizon? A new oral anticoagulant may soon be available for prevention of thrombotic complications of hip or knee surgery; FDA Actions
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As mentioned in the article by Russell et al, a patient was admitted to the hospital in the United Kingdom after a week's febrile respiratory illness; he had previously been in good health. Admission chest radiograph showed many nodules.
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A cohort of 549 internationally adopted children greater than and equal to" 3 months of age (mean age, 22.9 months; range, 1.2 200 months) was evaluated at Cincinnati Children's Hospital between 1999 and 2004, with a post-adoption health visit within two months (mean, 12 days) after arrival in the United States.
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In France, 750 patients from 12 hospitals participated in a concealed, randomized, multicenter, evaluator-blinded, parallel-group trial (the Cathedia study) conducted between 2004 and 2007.
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Data on cancer incidence in the HIV-infected population were derived from the CDC-sponsored Adult and Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease Project (ASD) conducted in 11 geographic areas, as well as from the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS) conducted in eight US cities.
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Recently, authors from the University of Wisconsin Medical School asked what is the risk of infection associated with nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus.
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By 1998, community-acquired (ca) cases appeared among young children and are now widely documented, representing 15%-74% of Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections in US emergency departments.
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Over a 5-year period, 16% of elderly people developed mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and had double the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) than normals; however, 30% with MCI reverted to normal.
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