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Exposure to the WTC Disaster and Obstructive Airway Disease
The World Trade Center disaster presents a unique opportunity to describe the latency period for obstructive airway disease diagnoses in rescue workers following a major environmental catastrophe.
Religious Service Attendance and Major Depression
This study questions whether the often-reported religion-depression association occurs much earlier in life than previously hypothesized.
Discordance in Frozen Section Diagnosis
An accurate frozen section diagnosis is dependent on successful communication between pathologists and surgeons. Is miscommunication a significant problem?
Displaced Plaque in Retroperitoneal Adenopathy
Clinical diagnosis of a retroperitoneal lesion is difficult.
Clinicopathologic Features of CD5-positive Nodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma
Assessment of CD5 expression is a useful tool in the workup of B-cell lymphomas. What is its role in nodal marginal zone lymphoma?
Results of a Phase Two Clinical Trial at 48 Weeks
Three dose levels of the protease inhibitor (PI) atazanavir (200, 400, and 500 mg once daily) were compared with nelfinavir (750 mg three times daily) when given both as monotherapy and in combination with didanosine and stavudine in 420 antiretroviral-naive subjects infected with HIV-1.
Estimates of Child Deaths Prevented From Malaria Prevention
Funding for malaria prevention in Africa over the past decade has had a substantial effect on decreasing child malaria deaths. Can we keep this up?
Pioneering a Primary Care ANP Interprofessional Fellowship
Are post-master's adult NP interprofessional fellowship programs an essential 'next step' for new NPs?
Evaluation of BD Vacutainer Plus Urine C&S Preservative Tubes
This study evaluated the use of a new preservative-containing urine collection tube which aims to improve the stability of urine specimens when prompt processing is unavailable.
Pediatric Hospital Medicine: A Strategic Planning Roundtable
In this roundtable, The Society of Hospital Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Academic Pediatric Association discuss their vision for the future of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
Uses of Epidemiology
What can epidemiology teach us about history, community diagnosis, and the individual's chances for survival?
A Familial Disorder of Altered DNA-Methylation
The case studies presented in this article suggest the existence of a familial disorder of DNA-methylation caused by a maternal effect mutation in a previously unidentified gene.
Postconcussive Syndrome Following Sports-Related Concussion
Primary care physicians are often the first to evaluate patients with postconcussion syndrome. This review summarizes both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment options for PCS in primary care.
Dupuytren's Contractures Associated With Vemurafenib
Was treatment with the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib responsible for the development of Dupuytren's contracture in this patient with metastatic melanoma?
Gene Expression Analysis Using Liver Transplant Biopsy
This study compares gene transcription between resting and stressed biliary cells in culture.
HPV Vaccination Among Young Adult Gay and Bisexual Men
Gay and bisexual men have high rates of HPV infection and HPV-related disease. Are they getting the HPV vaccine?
Primary Signet-Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder
This rare case of primary signet-ring cell carcinoma of the bladder was treated with total cystectomy followed by systemic chemotherapy. What was the outcome?
Adverse Events After Immunization With HPV Vaccine
This reassuring cohort study of almost one million adolescent girls found no evidence of association between exposure to HPV vaccine and the risk of serious adverse events.
Viewing Laboratory Test Results Online
Patient access to laboratory test results via online patient portals is growing, but with that comes concern that patients will be unnecessarily worried or confused. What's the patient's perspective?
Disseminated Actinomycosis
Actinomycosis is an invasive, destructive infectious syndrome caused by Gram-positive, branching, filamentous bacteria in the order Actinomycetales.