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Thrice-Weekly Imiquimod Regimen Advised for Anogenital Warts
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External anogenital warts respond well to 5% imiquimod cream administered three times a week, with fewer severe skin reactions than with daily treatment, according to a report in the April issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Reuters Health Information
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What Your Patients are Reading: Calcium Supplements May Increase MI Risk in Older Women
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Recent news stories have examined links between calcium supplements and risk for MI, between the combination of ezetimibe and simvastatin and the statin alone, and between gay men and multidrug-resistant CA-MRSA, as well as studying the safety of meat from cloned meats animals, and the creation in a laboratory of a beating rat heart. Medscape Medical News
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Animal Health Crucial in Bird Flu Battle: Report
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Most governments are working quickly to attack avian flu when it pops up among birds but the virus is now entrenched in at least three countries, the United Nations and World Bank reported on Thursday. Reuters Health Information
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Longer-Lasting Mosquito Repellents Identified
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Researchers have identified several agents that repel mosquitos up to three times longer than N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET), the most widely used agent in the world, according to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for May 27. Reuters Health Information
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