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Last Resort for Drug-Resistant Infections: Honey?
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
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"Medical-grade" honey has attractive microbicidal properties.
- By Abigail Zuger, MD
- July 3, 2008
- Covering Clin Infect Dis 2008 Jun 1
Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Is a Risk Factor for C. difficile Infection
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
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Even if patients receive no other antibiotics, they can develop colitis.
- By Abigail Zuger, MD
- July 3, 2008
- Covering Clin Infect Dis 2008 Jun 15
Another Study of Medical Expulsive Therapy for Ureteral Stones
- General Medicine
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These findings strengthen the case for medical expulsive therapy in patients with small-to-moderate distal ureteral calculi.
- By Allan S. Brett, MD
- July 3, 2008
- Covering J Urol 2008 Jun
Metronidazole vs. Vancomycin for CDAD
- Infectious Diseases
- Summary and Comment
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After 5 days of therapy, resolution of diarrhea and suppression of C. difficile to undetectable levels were significantly more likely with vancomycin than with metronidazole.
- By Neil M. Ampel, MD
- June 25, 2008
- Covering Clin Infect Dis 2008 Jul 1
Should Patients Be Fed Orally After Upper GI Surgery?
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
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No difference was noted in postoperative complications with enteral-tube or oral feeding.
- By Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
- May 8, 2008
- Covering Ann Surg 2008 May
Multiple Biomarkers as Predictors of Cardiovascular Death
- General Medicine
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Four biomarkers, added to traditional risk models, improved prediction of cardiovascular death in older men, but therapeutic implications remain unclear.
- By Allan S. Brett, MD
- May 14, 2008
- Covering N Engl J Med 2008 May 15
Are Low Vitamin D Levels Associated with Nonspecific Pain?
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
- Free
The results of two studies argue against any simple relation between diffuse pain and vitamin D deficiency.
- By Allan S. Brett, MD
- May 20, 2008
- Covering J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 May
Pregabalin Is Effective for Treatment of Fibromyalgia
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
- Free
Patients who received pregabalin had significant improvements in pain and sleep.
- By Anthony L. Komaroff, MD
- May 27, 2008
- Covering J Rheumatol 2008 Mar
How Often Do We Need to Check Cholesterol Levels?
- Cardiology
- Summary and Comment
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Adherent patients with well-controlled cholesterol levels could be monitored every 3 to 5 years.
- By Joel M. Gore, MD
- May 21, 2008
- Covering Ann Intern Med 2008 May 6
Carotid Stenting vs. Endarterectomy — Long-Term Results
- General Medicine
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At 3 years, outcomes were similar for patients at high surgical risk.
- By Allan S. Brett, MD
- April 9, 2008
- Covering N Engl J Med 2008 Apr 10