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Prescription Drug Use on the Rise in U.S.
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A study shows about 48% of Americans take at least 1 prescription drug.WebMD Health News
Intensive Blood Pressure Control Does Not Slow Kidney Disease in Black Patients
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With the exception of patients with a protein-to-creatinine ratio of more than 0.22, blood pressure control did not appear to slow progression of kidney disease in black patients.Medscape Medical News
Outpatient Psychotherapy "Not Keeping Pace" With Increasing Use of Psychotropics
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A new study reports that outpatient psychotherapy use by the general population remains stable, but its use in mental care centers is significantly less than psychotropics.Medscape Medical News
The USPSTF Mammography Screening Guidelines -- Should Women Play the Odds?
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Sandra Fryhofer, MD, provides both her professional and personal opinions on the new mammography screening guidelines -- and she has some concerns.Medscape Internal Medicine
A Rich Cognitive Life "Squares the Curve" of Decline Leading to Dementia
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A new study suggests stimulating mental activity compresses the course of cognitive decline in older people by slowing it before onset of dementia but producing a more precipitous drop afterward.Medscape Medical News
Test-and-Treat Strategy for HIV in Resource-Limited Settings
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The international HIV/AIDS healthcare community speaks.Medscape HIV/AIDS
Is Hookah Harmful?
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Many people mistakenly think that hookah is a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes.Medscape Pharmacists
The Latest Threat in the War on Antimicrobial Resistance: F1000: Ranked "Changes Clinical Practice"
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The transfer of NDM-1 into a pandemic clone of E. coli is a frightening and entirely real possibility.Faculty of 1000 Medicine
Metaphors in our Mouths: The Silencing of the Psychiatric Patient
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Apart from using their medical knowledge, what do psychiatrists draw upon to both diagnose and treat their patients?The Hastings Center Report
Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Chest Compression Alone or With Rescue Breathing?
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If chest compression alone is shown to be as effective as chest compression plus rescue breathing, the public might be less reluctant to learn and provide CPR.Journal Watch
Travel-Associated Dengue Surveillance -- United States, 2006-2008
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This new study gives the latest data on dengue fever, and how it can best be diagnosed.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
HIV Treatment in US Prisons
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Read this study to learn about treating HIV infected prisoners, and the special challenges that incarceration presents.HIV Therapy
Brief Intervention Helps People With Severe Mental Illness Access Services for Blood-Borne Infections
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A simple intervention helps people with severe mental illness overcome the barriers to preventive services for blood-borne infections such as HIV and hepatitis B and C virus.Medscape Medical News
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Frequently Untreated in Psychiatric Patients
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Cardiometabolic risk factors for psychiatric outpatients, including obesity, hypertension, and glucose abnormalities, are often untreated, according to a US mental health clinic screening program.Medscape Medical News
FDA Approves First Automated Molecular Test for Measuring HBV Viral Load
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The FDA has approved for marketing the first fully automated HBV molecular assay to quantify viral load in plasma or serum.Medscape Medical News
India to Fall Short of Global Maternal Health Goal
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India has halved the number of women who die during childbirth, but experts warned on Wednesday a lack of facilities is likely to stop the country from meeting global goals for improving maternal health before 2015.Reuters Health Information
Catherine DeAngelis to Step Down as JAMA Editor in 2011
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China to Vaccinate 100 Million Children to Fight Measles
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Nearly 100 million children in China will be vaccinated against measles this month to help eliminate the disease, a leading cause of avoidable death and disability in developing countries, the WHO said on Wednesday.Reuters Health Information
Cigarette Smoking May Increase Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents
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A new cohort study suggests that teenage smokers who use cigarettes as a form of self-medication may be more susceptible to increased depressive symptoms.Medscape Medical News
Tigecycline Linked to Increased Mortality Risk
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The increased mortality risk is most evident in patients treated for hospital-acquired pneumonia, and particularly ventilator-associated pneumonia, which is an unapproved indication.Medscape Medical News
