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ICU Statin Therapy Tied to Significant Sepsis Mortality Reduction

Physician's Weekly

“Given the wide use of statins for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, it is likely that their use in this population has also conferred benefits in combating infections and sepsis,” wrote study author Keliang Xie, MD, PhD , of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, and study coauthors. day), total hospitalization (+1.44

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Higher Dietary Calcium Intake May Up Risk of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Physician's Weekly

Hongyuan Chang, from Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing, and colleagues used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted from 2003 to 2008 to examine the association between dietary calcium intake and the risk of BPH. and those without hypertension.

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Surely You Must be Kidding, PTO?!? “No, and Don’t Call Me Shirley!” – The Seemingly Slapstick (But Yet Unfunny) World of Recent Patent Term Extension Decisions (PART 1)

FDA Law

Consequently, because both applications were approved at the same time, both applications represent the first permitted commercial marketing or use of the product or the individual active ingredients, as outlined under 35 U.S.C. The second multiple PTE case brewing concerns FoldRx’s (a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc.) Patent Nos.

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Episode 236: ARM Episode 16 – Live from SGIM: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2022 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. This episode was led by Rohan Khazanchi, and was hosted by Sudarshan Krishnamurthy and Utibe R.

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. So classically with preparation, in individual settings or even in group settings, you have one or two people supporting people through psychoeducation, what to expect, life review. So medication adjustments. James, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. James 00:32 Good afternoon.

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary As far as weve come in the 50 years since Balfour Mount and Sue Britton opened the first palliative care at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Quebec, have we lost something along the way? You’re a disgruntled medical student. You’re thinking about dropping out of medical school.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome Joel Weissman, who is a health services researcher and deputy director and chief science officer for surgery at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Harvard Medical School. Joel: The Brigham and Women’s Hospital likes me to say that too. And she was rushed to the hospital.