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Representation of women's health in general medical versus women's health specialty journals: a content analysis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Women's health, traditionally defined, emphasises reproductive and maternal conditions without consideration of social contexts. Advocates urge a broader... -
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Long-term reductions in tinnitus severity
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background This study was undertaken to assess long-term changes in tinnitus severity exhibited by patients who completed a comprehensive tinnitus management program;... -
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Plasma colloid osmotic pressure in healthy infants
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP) plays a major role in transcapillary fluid balance. There is no information on plasma COP of healthy infants... -
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Sex differences in risk factors for coronary heart disease: a study in a Brazilian population
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In Brazil coronary heart disease (CHD) constitutes the most important cause of death in both sexes in all the regions of the country and interestingly, the... -
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Incidence and Characteristics of Total Stroke in the United States
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background and Purpose Stroke, increasingly referred to as a "brain attack", is one of the leading causes of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the... -
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Comparison of deferral rates using a computerized versus written blood donor questionnaire: a randomized, cross-over study [ISRCTN84429599]
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Self-administered computer-assisted blood donor screening strategies may elicit more accurate responses and improve the screening process. Methods... -
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Design and implementation of microarray gene expression markup language (MAGE-ML)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Meaningful exchange of microarray data is currently difficult because it is rare that published data provide sufficient information depth or are even in the same... -
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Correlation of the score for subjective pain with physical disability, clinical and radiographic scores in recent onset rheumatoid arthritis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background To analyse the relationship between subjective pain score and other measures of clinical, radiographic and functional status; in particular Larsen... -
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Open tension free repair of inguinal hernias; the Lichtenstein technique
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Recurrences have been a significant problem following hernia repair. Prosthetic materials have been increasingly used in hernia repair to prevent... -
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What kind of evidence is it that Evidence-Based Medicine advocates want health care providers and consumers to pay attention to?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In 1992, Evidence-Based Medicine advocates proclaimed a "new paradigm", in which evidence from health care research is the best basis for decisions for... -
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Mutation analysis of the CHK2 gene in breast carcinoma and other cancers
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Mutations in the CHK2 gene at chromosome 22q12.1 have been reported in families with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Chk2 is an effector kinase that is activated in... -
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Prophylactic cranial irradiation in small cell lung cancer: a systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Purpose A systematic review of the literature was carried out to determine the role of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) .... -
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The use of alternative therapies in the Saskatchewan stroke rehabilitation population
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Many patients use alternative therapies. The purpose of this study was to determine the percentage of stroke rehabilitation patients in Saskatchewan using... -
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Heart rate changes during partial seizures: A study amongst Singaporean patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Introduction Studies in Europe and America showed that tachycardia, less often bradycardia, frequently accompanied partial seizures in Caucasian patients. We... -
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Icodextrin as salvage therapy in peritoneal dialysis patients with refractory fluid overload
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Icodextrin is a high molecular weight, starch-derived glucose polymer, which is capable of inducing sustained ultrafiltration over prolonged (12–16 hour)... -
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T-cell-mediated control of autoimmunity
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Inflammatory responses provoked by pathogens are antigen-specific in their induction but are nonspecific in their effects. Consequently, they are potentially damaging... -
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Immune ablation and stem-cell therapy in autoimmune disease: Clinical experience
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
In the past 5 years, around 350 patients have received haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation for an autoimmune disease, with 275 of these registered in an... -
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Aged garlic extract therapy for sickle cell anemia patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Sickle cell anemia is one of the most prevalent hereditary disorders with prominent morbidity and mortality. With this disorder oxidative, phenomena play a... -
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Appetite suppressants and valvular heart disease – a systematic review
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Although appetite suppressants have been implicated in the development of valvular heart disease, the exact level of risk is still uncertain. Initial... -
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Novel mutations in the
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Breast cancer is the most common female malignancy and a major cause of death in middle-aged women. So far, germline mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes...