US scientists take sides on antibiotics
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:19 -0700
AN in-depth House subcommittee hearing last week shed new light on the controversy surrounding antibiotic resistance and concerns about a potential link to the use of subtherapeutic antibiotics in food animal production.
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Can This Patient Read and Understand Written Health Information? [The Rational Clinical Examination]
Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:34:12 -0700
Context Patients with limited literacy are at higher risk for poor health outcomes; however, physicians' perceptions are inaccurate for identifying these patients. Objective To systematically review the accuracy of brief instruments for identifying patients with limited literacy. Data Sources Search of the English-language literature from 1969 through February 2010 using PubMed, Psychinfo ...
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