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Safe Storage for Perioperative Eye Medications Many practices have provided patients with perioperative medication storage kits that were provided by drug manufacturers, but the rules are changing. David M. Brown, MD, suggests alternatives.

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Commentary on NSAIDs and Manipulation Ineffective for Acute Low Back Pain Carlo DiMarco, DO, President, American Osteopathic Association, comments on a Best Evidence Review of spinal manipulation and low back pain.

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Adverse Events: Learning the Science Behind the Art A fourth-year medical student was caught off guard by a probable drug reaction in his recently discharged patient. How did he address this adverse event and what did he learn from the experience?

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Oral Care Intervention to Reduce Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Neurologic Intensive Care Unit Did the ventilator associated pneumonia rate drop significantly due to the every-8-hours toothbrushing regimen?

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Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use and Involvement in Violent Behavior in a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adult Males in the United States Are young adult men with lifetime and past-year self-reported anabolic-androgenic steroid use more likely to participate in aggressive and violent acts than those who have not used steroids?

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Recently Updated National Institutes of Health Asthma Treatment Guidelines: Important Clinical Applications, Part 2
Expert Interview, November 2008
Acute and Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Practical Clinical Treatment Strategies
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CA-MRSA: How Should We Respond to Outbreaks?
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Chagas Disease: An Expert Interview With Caryn Bern, MD, MPH
Expert Interview, November 2008
Benefactors of the Financial Crisis: Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus
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