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HCV Drug Treatment Feasible in Patients With Psychiatric History
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Interferon-based therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may cause psychiatric symptoms and worsen symptoms in those with existing psychiatric conditions. However, with appropriate care, treatment for both groups of patients can be successful, researchers report in the November issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Reuters Health Information
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Laparoscopic Liver Resection
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Skilled surgical teams, with experience in hepatic and laparoscopic surgery, have demonstrated that the laparoscopic approach for liver resection is safe and feasible for a selected group of patients.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine
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A Man With an Umbilical Ulcer
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A 54-year-old white man presented with generalized weakness and lower extremity swelling. He also had an ulcerated umbilical mass.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine
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Prophylactic NSAID Reduces Post-Endoscopy Pancreatitis
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A single-dose of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), administered rectally just prior to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, can reduce the risk of procedure-related pancreatitis by 64%, investigators announced over the weekend here as temperatures climbed to a record-high 100 degrees. Reuters Health Information
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