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The field of hyperbaric medicine is an evolving specialty, and the scope and practice is fluid with new research. This article will give an explanation into the various approved indications, the basic science rationale, and the pathophysiolgy of why hyperbaric medicine works.
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Sulfonamide Antibiotics and Sulfonamide Nonantibiotics; Autoantibodies
Before Onset of SLE; Prevention of VTE with Ximelagatran; Combined
Levothyroxine Plus Liothyronine Compared to Levothyroxine Alone in
Primary Hypothyroidism; Specific Site Involvement in Fixed Drug
Eruption; Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients
with Atrial Fibrillation
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Graded activity can return a patient to full employment faster than usual care.
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Data supporting associations of subclinical thyroid disease with symptoms or adverse clinical outcomes or benefits of treatment are few.
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Many therapeutic options now are available to prevent and treat osteoporosis, and consist of non-drug and drug or hormonal therapy. In just one decade, osteoporosis has been transformed from a disorder considered to be an inevitable and irreversible consequence of aging to a disorder in which there now is true therapeutic optimism. This article discusses the definition, epidemiology, and different causes of osteoporosis. Diagnostic studies, including bone densitometry, are reviewed as well as the various therapies.
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The E. coli geneticists are working on ways to facilitate rapid diagnosis, and in time, to purge eae positive strains from bovine reservoirs.
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The following is a summary of selected abstracts from 3 meetings. The 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) met in Chicago September 14-17, 2003. The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) met in San Diego October 9-12, 2003. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene met in Philadelphia December 3-7, 2003.
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Multivitamins delay progression to AIDS; Tenofovir Decreases Atazanavir Levels; Breakthrough Chickenpox in Vaccinated Kids; Find the VRSA in the MRSA: Get an Etest!
