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Major Clinical Cancer Advances in 2007
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The American Society of Clinical Oncology highlights 6 major and 18 notable clinical cancer advances in its 2007 annual review. Medscape Medical News
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Computerization Reduces Hospital Prescription Errors
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Adoption of a computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) system has a considerable impact on the incidence of adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients, researchers report in the November issue of Pediatrics. Reuters Health Information
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SC More Effective Than Oral Methotrexate for Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Subcutaneous methotrexate produces a significantly greater response in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis than does oral administration of the drug, German researchers report in the January issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism. As such, it appears to be the best choice for monotherapy for the disease. Reuters Health Information
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Infants Born Preterm Often Infected With Genital Mycoplasmas
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About one out of four infants born before 32 weeks gestation has a positive umbilical blood culture for Ureaplasma urealyticum or Mycoplasma hominis or both, putting them at risk for systemic inflammatory response syndrome and most likely bronchopulmonary dysplasia, according to findings from the Alabama Preterm Birth Study. Reuters Health Information
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Several Factors Increase DVT Risk in Elderly After Acute Hospital Care
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Dependence in basic activities of daily living (ADLs), cancer, and other factors increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in older patients in postacute care facilities, according to a report from France in the February Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Reuters Health Information
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