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Physicians often do not choose the same clinical treatments for themselves as they would recommend to their patients.
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A small study of the effects of acute cell phone use on brain glucose metabolism revealed significant increases in areas near the location of a phone's antenna. The findings do not imply that cell phone use causes brain damage, only that the electromagnetic fields from them do cause changes in brain function.
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From 1985 to 2008, all first-ever strokes in the city of Dijon, France (150,000 inhabitants) were recorded, and among those patients who were testable (3201/3948 or 81%), 20.4% had post-stroke dementia.
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Recent outbreaks of measles, mumps, and pertussis prompted this issue. Just this past month, outbreaks of measles were reported in California and Florida. These diseases were thought to be disappearing, but now many are returning. And the emergency physician will be called upon to diagnose and treat them. "Childhood" diseases are now seen in adults, often with more serious morbidity and mortality.
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In a large, randomized, controlled trial, screening for prostate cancer did not have a significant effect on mortality from prostate cancer after 20 years of follow-up.
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The use of low-dose aspirin is associated with an almost two-fold increase in the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding compared with nonuse and this risk is further increased when low-dose aspirin is combined with clopidogrel, oral anticoagulants, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or high-dose oral corticosteroids.
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A tyrosine kinase inhibitor has been approved for the treatment of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC).
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