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[03/09/2010 19:18] Colonoscopy repeats greater with non-specialists
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults who have a colonoscopy performed by a family doctor, internist or general surgeon are somewhat more likely to need another one within a year compared with those who have the procedure done by a gastroenterologist, a new report finds.
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[03/09/2010 19:11] Antidepressant patch doesn't help smokers quit
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An antidepressant drug delivered through a patch on the skin is no better than placebo for helping smokers kick the habit, new research in the September issue of Addiction shows.
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[03/09/2010 18:59] Early day care may promote eczema development
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who spend their earliest years in day care may be at higher risk of eczema than kids cared for at home, according to a new study from Germany.
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[03/09/2010 18:53] Diagnosing diabetes with HbA1c leads to racial disparities
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Efforts to adopt a more accurate test for diagnosing diabetes may have hit a snag. Comparing the oral glucose tolerance test to the hemoglobin (Hb)A1c test confirms earlier evidence that race may influence test results, Danish researchers report.
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[03/09/2010 18:32] Room air as good as oxygen for dyspnea near death
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Oxygen therapy is no better than room air for dyspnea in terminally ill patients who are not hypoxemic, according to a study reported online September 4th in The Lancet.
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[03/09/2010 18:14] Common meds lower the risk that first MI will be a STEMI
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients who take common medications -- aspirin, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, and statins - are at lower risk for ST-segment elevation in a first myocardial infarction (STEMI), Swedish researchers report in the August 9/23 Archives of Internal Medicine.
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[03/09/2010 18:07] Respiratory history predicts risk in pediatric anesthesia
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A recent cold, a history of wheezing, and exposure to tobacco smoke put children at risk for respiratory complications during and after general anesthesia, according to a prospective cohort study.
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[03/09/2010 16:38] Quadruple NtRTI regimen not suited for first-line HIV treatment
"Quadruple NRTI regimens have been tested and found to be associated with toxicities -- they are not recommended or used clinically," Dr. Roy Gullick, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, told Reuters Health.
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[03/09/2010 15:55] Odds of getting new kidney uneven
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with kidney disease tend to get onto the transplant waiting list earlier in the course of their disease if they've already had some other solid organ transplant, a new study shows.
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[03/09/2010 15:49] Cotrimoxazole preventive therapy in HIV-infected children best if given daily
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although intermittent preventive therapy (three times a week) with cotrimoxazole reduces mortality in young HIV-infected children similarly to daily therapy, it is associated with more invasive bacterial disease and longer hospitalizations.
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An accreditation certificate is available for Australian Specialists and for non Australian GPs/Specialists on completion of each program.
To view an example of our Non RACGP/ACRRM physician certificate, click here.
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