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VTE Increases Risk of Arterial CV Events
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A new Danish study shows that patients with venous thromboembolism have a substantially higher risk of subsequent myocardial infarction and stroke. The link could be direct or be the result of shared risk factors, the researchers say. Heartwire
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LDL Cholesterol Levels Falling, Triglycerides Skyrocketing: NHANES
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An analysis of the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database shows that low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels among adult Americans have fallen somewhat since 1980. However, triglyceride levels have nearly quintupled over the same time period. Reuters Health Information
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Enhanced C. difficile Surveillance
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Expanded surveillance criteria for community-and healthcare-facility-associatedClostridium difficile infection identified more cases of the infection than did standard criteria. Medscape Medical News
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A World Health Organization Primer
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Srimarthy Vijayan, MS IV, provides an overview of WHO, exploring its history and current and future practices and addressing the major roles and functions of WHO in the present day.
Medscape General Medicine
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