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A cross-sectional study of early identification of postpartum depression: Implications for primary care providers from The Ontario Mother & Infant Survey
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background This survey's objective was to provide planning information by examining utilization patterns, health outcomes and costs associated with existing practices... -
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Ibuprofen 400 mg is effective in women, and women are well represented in trials
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A recent article in the New Scientist argued that women were under-represented in clinical trials which, until now, had masked the finding that ibuprofen... -
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Tumour Fas ligand:Fas ratio greater than 1 is an independent marker of relative resistance to tamoxifen therapy in hormone receptor positive breast cancer
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The objective of the present study was to examine the prognostic and predictive significance of the apoptosis-related marker Fas ligand (FasL):Fas ratio in... -
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Modeling of failure mode in knee ligaments depending on the strain rate
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The failure mechanism of the knee ligament (bone-ligament-bone complex) at different strain rates is an important subject in the biomechanics of the knee.... -
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Should all patients receive dual chamber pacing ICDs? The rationale for the DAVID trial
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
All of the prospective multicenter trials that support the use of implantable defibrillators have used single chamber pacemakers/implantable cardiovertor... -
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The evaluation of yeast derivatives as adjuvants for the immune response to the Bm86 antigen in cattle
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The Gavac™ vaccine against the cattle tick Boophilus microplus has proven its efficacy in a large number of controlled and field experiments. However, this... -
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Socio-demographic factors and self-reported funtional status: the significance of social support
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The aim of the present work was to investigate the relative importance of socio-demographic and physical health status factors for subjective functioning,... -
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Prescribing patterns in premenstrual syndrome
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Over 300 therapies have been proposed for premenstrual syndrome. To date there has been only one survey conducted in the UK of PMS treatments prescribed by... -
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Dietary fiber showed no preventive effect against colon and rectal cancers in Japanese with low fat intake: an analysis from the results of nutrition surveys from 23 Japanese prefectures
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Since Fuchs' report in 1999, the reported protective effect of dietary fiber from colorectal carcinogenesis has led many researchers to question its real... -
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The effect of massage on localized lumbar muscle fatigue
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background There is not enough evidence to support the efficacy of massage for muscle fatigue despite wide utilization of the modality in various clinical settings.... -
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Method for non-invasively recording electrocardiograms in conscious mice
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The rapid increase in the development of mouse models is resulting in a growing demand for non-invasive physiological monitoring of large quantities of... -
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Long-term experience with implanted intrathecal drug administration systems for failed back syndrome and chronic mechanical low back pain
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Continuous intrathecal drug delivery has been shown in open studies to improve pain and quality of life in those with intractable back pain who have had... -
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Acceptability of local made baits for oral vaccination of dogs against rabies in the Philippines
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In the Philippines, traditional mass dog vaccination campaigns have only achieved limited and transient success in dog rabies control, mainly because a... -
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Evaluation of thresholds for the detection of binding sites for regulatory proteins in
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Sites in DNA that bind regulatory proteins can be detected computationally in various ways. Pattern discovery methods analyze collections of genes... -
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Preventing infection from reusable medical equipment: a systematic review
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) had eight sets of conflicting recommendations for decontaminating medical equipment. We conducted a systematic... -
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Comparison of two methods based on cross-sectional data for correcting corpus uterine cancer incidence and probabilities
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Two methods are presented for obtaining hysterectomy prevalence corrected estimates of invasive cancer incidence rates and probabilities of the corpus... -
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An international survey of patients with thalassemia major and their views about sustaining life-long desferrioxamine use
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Management of thalassemia major requires patients to have life-long access to a treatment regimen of regular blood transfusions coupled with iron chelation... -
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The adverse neuro-developmental effects of postnatal steroids in the preterm infant: a systematic review of RCTs
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Recent reports have raised concerns that postnatal steroids may cause neuro-developmental impairment in preterm infants. This systematic review was... -
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Practising evidence-based medicine: the design and implementation of a multidisciplinary team-driven extubation protocol
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Evidence from recent literature shows that protocol-directed extubation is a useful approach to liberate patients from mechanical ventilation (MV).... -
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Oral sildenafil (Viagra™) in male erectile dysfunction: use, efficacy and safety profile in an unselected cohort presenting to a British district general hospital.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Introduction Sildenafil (Viagra®) is one of the drugs used in the first line therapy of male erectile dysfunction (MED). We have recorded outcomes, adverse events and...