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Doctors are failing to lower heart patients' cholesterol adequately
Only half of all patients at high risk of heart disease are given correct targets for lowering their cholesterol levels according to a study of 25,250 patients in Germany published online today ...
3 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Scabies pill also works against resistant lice: study
Ivermectin, a pill prescribed for the skin disease known as scabies, also gets rid of hair lice that are resistant to conventional lotions, a study published on Thursday says.
3 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Physicians click their way to better prescriptions
Is it time for all community-based doctors to turn to e-prescribing to cut down on the number of medication errors? According to Rainu Kaushal and colleagues from the Weill Cornell Medical College ...
11 hours ago from PhysOrg
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FDA approves Botox to treat wrist, finger spasms
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved the use of Allergan Inc's wrinkle smoother Botox to treat spasms of the elbow, wrist and fingers in adults.
Tue 9 Mar 10 from Reuters
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Studies that compare effectiveness of medications often do not include nonpharmacologic therapies
An analysis of comparative effectiveness studies finds that few compare medications with nonpharmacologic interventions, and few examine safety or cost-effectiveness, according to a study in ...
Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Vaccinating children against flu helps protect wider community: study
Results of a clinical trial conducted in a largely self-contained religious community during the 2008-09 influenza season show that immunizing children against seasonal influenza can significantly ...
Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Grandfathered drug for high potassium has no proven benefit
For more than half a century, products containing ion exchange resins have been used in patients with dangerously high levels of potassium. However, there is no convincing evidence that these ...
Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Physician calls for more rigorous standards for drugs up for FDA approval
A hospitalist at the University of Rochester Medical Center calls for more stringent Federal guidelines governing the approval of potential new drugs, in a commentary in the March 10 issue of ...
Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Intentional variation increases result validity in mouse testing
For decades, the traditional practice in animal testing has been standardization, but a study involving Purdue University has shown that adding as few as two controlled environmental variables ...
Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Risk for patients in the intensive care unit clearly reduced
To get life-threatening diseases under control, patients in the intensive care unit usually are administered many medications at the same time. Even for experts, it is difficult to keep track ...
14 hours ago from Eurekalert
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