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Doctors identify patients at high risk of C. difficile
Doctors have developed and validated a clinical prediction rule for recurrent Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection that was simple, reliable and accurate, and can be used to identify high-risk patients most likely t ...
Apr 01, 2009 |
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For elderly, even short falls can be deadly
While simple falls, such as slipping while walking off a curb, may seem relatively harmless, they can actually lead to severe injury and death in elderly individuals, according to a new study published in The Journal of Tr ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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NJ doctor in hepatitis B case fights for license
(AP) -- Health inspectors described finding blood on the floor at the office of a New Jersey doctor whom they suspect is linked to a hepatitis B outbreak.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Black young adults hospitalized for stroke at much higher rate than whites, Hispanics
In Florida, black young adults are hospitalized for stroke at a rate three times higher than their white and Hispanic peers, a new study by University of South Florida researchers reports. The study was presented today at ...
Mar 13, 2009 |
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