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Uveitis: Pediatric Patients Did Fine on AdalimumabAdalimumab has the potential to serve an important role in management of chronic and refractory noninfectious uveitis and associated macular edema with low rates of serious adverse events in the long term, according to a recent report. That includes pediatric patients.
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Haiti Storms, Cholera and You: Time to Thank Your ToiletReflections of a recent trip to Haiti to provide care, with a video meant to help fight cholera -please pass it along.
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Opinion: Fellow Physicians, Please Stop Devaluing Your Medical LicenseA family medicine physician asks fellow doctors to keep operating to the highest extent of their ability and to remind themselves of the value of their license.
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Treatment of elderly patients with hypertensionIn their review, Gradman and Morsy emphasize the need to treat isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) and systolic/diastolic hypertension in elderly patients.
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Pros, Cons of Investing in Private Equity FundsAdding private equity funds to your portfolio can lead to higher returns and lower risk over the long term, but choosing a private fund takes much more due diligence than selecting a mutual fund.
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Anomalous origin of the left anterior descending artery from a separate ostium of the right sinus of Valsalva with abnormal stress testA 67-year-old man with positive results on a stress myocardial perfusion test was found to have isolated anomalous origin of the left anterior descending coronary artery from a separate coronary ostium of the right sinus of Valsalva. This anomalous artery was not stenotic and coursed over the anterior free wall of the right ventricle, in front of the pulmonary artery. It did not appear to have an intra-arterial or intramyocardial course.
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Dude, Pass the Vaporizer: Does Medical Marijuana Save Lives?A recent study found states that allowed the use of medicinal marijuana had substantially lower opioid overdose mortality rates compared with states that do not have medical cannabis laws.
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Ethnic differences in blood pressure controlThe article by Rehman and colleagues (page 27) offers two important observations about the control of hypertension in African American men.
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Late mortality with sirolimus-eluting stents in diseased saphenous vein graftsIn a secondary post-hoc analysis of the Reduction of Restenosis in Saphenous Vein Grafts with Cypher (RRISC) trial, we compared the long-term safety of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) with bare-metal stents (BMS) in diseased saphenous vein grafts
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Second round of gefitinib shows promise in non-small cell lung cancerGefitinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor–tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI), is commonly used as a treatment for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
