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For young patients presenting with acute confusion

Susac Syndrome Is Possibility in Cases of Acute Confusion

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Two cases demonstrate possibility of Susac syndrome for young patients presenting with confusion
Disclosure of physician-industry relationships is important for potential participants in multiple sclerosis clinical trials and may impact participation in these trials

Patients Want Doctors to Disclose Ties to Industry in MS Trials

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Potential participants in trials of MS therapies want to know about conflicts of interest
Neither circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels nor common variations in vitamin D pathway genes appear to be associated with risk of fatal prostate cancer

No Link Found Between Vitamin D Level and Fatal Prostate Cancer

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Also, no significant associations found between vitamin D-related SNPs and fatal prostate cancer
Practices' adherence to a quality-assurance program for point-of-care testing devices can be improved with reminders

Reminders Improve Practices’ Quality-Assurance Testing

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Postal, computer reminders equally increase adherence to quality-assurance program
Structural joint damage measured with magnetic resonance imaging can predict knee replacement in the following year

Abnormalities on MRI Predict Knee Replacement

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Measures of structural joint damage relate to clinical prognosis in the following year
For patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Anesthesiologists Impact CABG Surgery Outcomes

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Rate of death, major complications varies significantly across anesthesiologists
Using chlorhexidine to clean the umbilical cords of infants born outside of a hospital lowers infant infection and death rates in developing countries

Cleaning Umbilical Cord With Chlorhexidine Lowers Mortality

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Findings useful for home births in developing countries
A child may face an increased risk of asthma if the child's mother or father experienced depression during the pregnancy or if the mother took an older antidepressant to treat her condition

Paternal, Maternal Depression May Up Asthma Risk for Baby

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And older, but not newer, antidepressants in pregnancy showed similar increased odds
The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit has implemented a thorough process for decontamination after treatment of patients with potential or confirmed Ebola virus disease

Article Details Decontamination Process After Ebola Care

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Nebraska Biocontainment Unit process includes cleaning of recovered patients, disposal of remains
A vegetarian diet might cut the risk of colorectal cancer by 20 percent

Vegetarian Diet Tied to Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer

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Benefits greatest for fish eaters, researchers say