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Failure to control INR may increase risk of dementia
CHICAGO—Long-term overtreatment with warfarin given in combination with antiplatelet therapy may increase the risk of dementia in patients with...
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Radioactive Iodine Scintiphotos of a Man With Thyroid Cancer
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Reorganizing a hospital ward as an accountable care unit
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Telephone CPR training boosts cardiac arrest survival
Key clinical point: Adoption of the most recent AHA guidelines on telephone CPR by EMS dispatchers will lead to vast improvement in survival for...
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IL-6 inhibitor helps prevent GVHD
Credit: Chad McNeeley Adding the interleukin 6 (IL-6) inhibitor tocilizumab can improve standard prophylaxis for graft-vs-host disease (GVHD),...
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Will US lift ban on MSM blood donation?
Credit: Daniel Gay A committee that advises the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended changing the policy that...
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Kidney donors at greater risk of preeclampsia, gestational hypertension
Key clinical point: Information on an increased risk for preeclampsia and gestational hypertension should be included in clinical practice...
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Extended use of oral anticoagulants reduces VTE recurrence
Key clinical point: All of the NOACs provide a net clinical benefit for reducing VTE recurrence. Major finding: The number needed to treat to...
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