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Anchor lead: There is evidence from testing to help make the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome or systemic exercise intolerance disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you suspect you have chronic fatigue syndrome, newly renamed SEID or systemic exercise intolerance disease, …
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Anchor lead: What’s behind a recent name change for chronic fatigue syndrome? Elizabeth Tracey reports Chronic fatigue syndrome, abbreviated by some providers as CFS, has been renamed by no less an august body than the Institute of Medicine, at the …
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Anchor lead: A recent superbug outbreak can be controlled, Elizabeth Tracey reports CRE stays for carbapenam resistant enterbacteriaceae, and this is the bug that colonized one type of endoscope at a California hospital, killing two people and perhaps infecting scores …
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This week’s topics include Fusobacterium pharyngitis, steroids in pneumonia, electric fans and overheating, and varenicline for smoking cessation in reluctant patients. Program notes: 0:34 Reluctant smokers 1:35 Year long large study 2:32 Vast majority of people did well 3:28 Electric …
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Anchor lead: A new supercomputer is already making headway against an ancient scourge, Elizabeth Tracey reports Eve is the fond name of a supercomputer being used to screen a multitude of potential drugs for common infections, with promising results. Mike …
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Anchor lead: At least two vaccines are being tested against Ebola virus infection, Elizabeth Tracey reports In record time, two vaccines are currently being tested in Africa against Ebola virus infection, and Mike Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg …
