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Use of Erythropoietin-Stimulating Agents in Breast Cancer Patients
When should erythropoietin-stimulating agents be prescribed and how should these agents be dosed and monitored?
Apoptosis of Blood Neutrophils in Meningococcal Disease
Is neutrophil death a facilitator -- or an effect -- of invasive meningococcal disease?
Neurofibromatosis Type 1: From Genotype to Phenotype
Why do some neurofibromatosis type 1 patients develop severe disease while others with the same mutation have only mild symptoms? This phenotypic variability may be due to modifier genes.
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis and Postoperative Pneumonia Risk
Acid suppressive drugs are often used after cardiac surgery to prevent the formation of stress ulcers and GI bleeding. Do certain classes of these drugs increase the risk of postoperative pneumonia?
HIV Clinics Lower Financial Risk and Improve Revenue
This intervention, conducted at HIV clinics, has significantly improved retention in HIV care.
PFO Transcatheter Closure vs Medical Therapy
Take a look at the scorecard for meds vs transcatheter repair -- for preventing stroke in patients with patent foramen ovale.
Physicians Are Not Invincible
Physicians may be particularly vulnerable to marital difficulties, substance abuse, depression, and suicide.
Educational Technology to Improve Patient Care in Pharmacy
Is computer-aided instruction an effective method for teaching patient care skills?
The Beginnings of Activism by and for People With AIDS
This new article chronicles the early days of AIDS activism. What types of struggles did the activists endure back in the early 1980s?
Follicular Pattern of Bone Marrow Involvement
There are 5 major patterns of bone marrow infiltration in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma: focal nonparatrabecular, focal paratrabecular, intrasinusoidal, diffuse interstitial, and diffuse solid.
End-of-Life Care Issues
This new article underscores the importance of having advance directives as a part of public health policy to help patients and their clinicians make informed decisions about healthcare.
Nurse Practitioners vs MD Providers in Diabetes Care
How does quideline driven care from a nurse practitioner in a free diabetic clinic match up with non-guideline driven care given by medical doctors?
Prostatic Needle Biopsies Following HIFU Therapy
High intensity focused ultrasound is a common minimally invasive option for treating localized prostate cancer. Does HIFU impact Gleason grading in post-treatment needle biopsies?
End-of-Life Care Issues
This new article underscores the importance of having advance directives as a part of public health policy to help patients and their clinicians make informed decisions about healthcare.
Thymic Carcinoma, Part 1: Immunohistochemical Study
This review examines the clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical features of 65 cases of primary thymic carcinoma, a tumor that can show diverse differentiation.
Stigma as a Cause of Population Health Inequalities
What are researchers learning about the connection between stigma and mental and physical health outcomes in the US?
Reducing the Incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant.
Bullous Pemphigoid After Boiling Water Burn
Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune blistering disease which often effects elderly patients, but this case had an unusual etiology.
Comparison of CF With ELISA for Respiratory Viral Ag Detection
The authors conclude that ELISA is a suitable replacement for CF, providing greater sensitivity, isotype specificity, and ease of use.
KRAS MASI Assessment in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Does KRAS mutant allele-specific imbalance represent a mechanism of resistance to anti-EGFR therapy in colorectal cancer?