A molecule derived from a type of primrose could prove to be a potent inhibitor of metastatic growth for a…
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Vaccination in the adult patient infected with HIV: a review of vaccine efficacy and immunogenicity
HIV-infected patients remain at increased risk of mortality and morbidity from vaccine-preventable diseases partly due to the persisting immunopathology which…
Potential dangers of serum urate-lowering therapy
In observational studies, high serum urate levels are associated with adverse outcomes, including mortality. However, the hypothesis that urate lowering…
Diagnosis and Treatment of Peptic Ulcer Disease
Peptic ulcer disease continues to be a source of significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Approximately two-thirds of patients found to…
Diabetic Mastopathy Masquerading as Breast Cancer
A 50-year-old woman with long standing type 1 diabetes mellitus complicated by diabetic retinopathy, peripheral vascular disease and end stage…
IgA-proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits
A 54-year-old Japanese woman, with a 4-year history of proteinuria and hematuria, was admitted to our hospital for renal biopsy.…
Critical Illness Causing Marked Hyperlipasemia
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New measure of equality reveals a fuller picture of male well-being
Researchers say a new way of measuring gender inequality is fairer to both men and women, and presents a simplified…
Artificial intelligence advances threaten privacy of health data
Advances in artificial intelligence, including activity trackers, smartphones and smartwatches, threaten the privacy of people’s health data, according to new…
A model for describing the hydrodynamics of crowds
By studying the movement of runners at the start of marathons, researchers have just shown that the collective movements of…