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Tonks, Alison
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MEDICAL research , *IMPOTENCE , *CARDIOVASCULAR diseases , *CLOSTRIDIOIDES difficile , *PROTON pump inhibitors , *SUDDEN infant death syndrome , *THERAPEUTIC complications , *PREGNANCY complications - Abstract
Offers medical news briefs for four research papers that were published in JAMA or Lancet during 2005. Researchers found that erectile dysfunction could be a signal for cardiovascular disease in American men. Proton pump inhibitors and H2 receptor antagonists are being linked to the increased incidence of Clostridium difficile infections in the United Kingdom. A study on dementia found that it is a global problem that will aflict 81 million people by 2040. A study in Scotland found that sudden infant death syndrome is associated with complications in other pregnancies.
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- 2006