| Category: NEJM |
| Published Date: 2007-11-19 11:58:18 |
Alternate Date: 2007-11-19 11:57:10 |
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| Published Date: 2007-11-15 03:09:23 |
Alternate Date: 2007-11-15 03:08:55 |
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| Published Date: 2006-02-18 12:23:29 |
Alternate Date: 2006-07-03 11:33:18 |
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In 1998, Hurricane Mitch dropped six feet of rain on Central America in three days. In its wake, the incidence of malaria, dengue fever, cholera, and leptospirosis soared. In 2000, rain and three cyclones inundated Mozambique for six weeks, and the incidence of malaria rose fivefold. In 2003, a summer heat wave in Europe killed tens of thousands of people, wilted crops, set forests ablaze, and melted 10 percent of the Alpine glacial mass. |
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| Published Date: 2006-02-18 12:23:29 |
Alternate Date: 2006-07-03 11:33:18 |
| Digest: Medical students are more prone to depression than their nonmedical peers. Julie Rosenthal and Dr. Susan Okie write that depression not only affects students' lives but may also have repercussions for patient care in the long run. |
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| Published Date: 2006-02-18 12:23:29 |
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| Digest: A 62-year-old man presents with an intermittent tremor in his left hand and some vague discomfort in the left arm. Physical examination shows a minimal rest tremor in the left hand that disappears with use of the limb, mild rigidity at the left wrist and elbow, slowness of finger tapping with the left hand, and decreased arm swing on the left while . . . |
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| Published Date: 2006-02-18 12:23:29 |
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| Digest: In patients with coronary artery disease, the number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells correlated inversely with the risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. The level of these cells thus may be a useful marker of coronary risk. |
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| Published Date: 2006-02-18 12:23:29 |
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| Digest: Background With China's rapid economic development, the disease burden may have changed in the country. We studied the major causes of death and modifiable risk factors in a nationally representative cohort of 169,871 men and women 40 years of age and older in China. |
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