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Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test as Point-of-Care Test
When used at the actual point-of-care, does this malaria rapid diagnostic test produce acurate results?
Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With HIV Infection
Pulmonary hypertension occurs with increased frequency among patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
Association Between H. pylori Infection and Risk of ESRD
Numerous studies have demonstrated that H. pylori infection is closely associated with various gastric diseases. Might it also be a risk factor for end-stage renal disease?
Dairy-Food and Vitamin D Intake in Endometriosis
Is endometriosis risk influenced by dietary vitamin D intake?
Twisted Benign Ovarian Teratoma
What was the origin of this 35-year-old woman's sudden lower abdominal pain accompanied by vomiting and generalized pruritus?
Balancing Paediatric Anaesthesia
Safe and efficacious advances in paediatric anesthesia are dependent on good preclinical research. This article reviews the current state of preclinical research in paediatric anaesthesia.
Choline Intake During Pregnancy and Child Cognition at Age 7
Does increased maternal intake of choline and other methyl donor nutrients during the first and second trimester improve child visual memory and cognition?
Steroid Injection Therapy is the Best Treatment for Lateral Epicondylitis
A comparison of treatment options for tennis elbow. And the winner is...
School Challenges for Children With Type 1 Diabetes
Nurse practitioners caring for patients with T1DM can take an active role in advocating for improved T1DM management in schools. Find out how.
Idiopathic Colonic Varices
Can you diagnose this 27-year-old man, who presented with a 1-week history of fatigue and tarry stools?
Understanding IMPROVE-IT and LDL-C Lowering in CVD
Find out what conclusions IMPROVE-IT supports and doesn't support.
Women and Heart Disease
For women with heart disease, what two obstacles must be overcome to get an accurate diagnosis?
Work Stress and Coronary Heart Disease: What Are the Mechanisms?
Is the accumulation of work stress associated with higher risks of CHD? Does work stress affect CHD directly through neuroendocrine mechanisms and/or indirectly through behavioral CHD risk factors?
Complications After Cardiac Device Implantations
Are cardiac implantable device complications being obscured from the common view?
Medical Entomology Training for Medical Practitioners
Increases in international travel have created a global village in which tropical maladies are easily imported.
The Importance of Good History Taking: A Case Report
This case emphasizes the importance of thorough history-taking, which helped reveal an underlying debilitating vasculitic neuropathy in this elderly woman initially diagnosed with stroke.
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?
Perioperative Management of Diabetic Patients
Perioperative guidelines for the management of diabetic patients could improve patient outcomes, but will clinician find them valuable?
Low-Risk Lifestyle Behaviors and All-Cause Mortality
How much of an effect can low-risk behavior, such as a healthy diet and exercise, have on one's overall lifetime health?
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?