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The liver, that great maroon snail: No wave of emotion sweeps it. Neither music nor mathematics gives it pause in its appointed tasks

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FBCG Vaccine Causing Illness, Death Among HIV-Positive Infants, Report Says


Nov. 7, 2007
The BCG vaccine, which aims to prevent tuberculosis among children in developing countries, might be causing illness and death among some HIV-positive infants, researchers said on Friday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The findings are included in a report about the HIV/TB co-epidemic released Thursday by the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research (Los Angeles Times, 11/3). The report said that the "benefits of potentially preventing severe TB" among HIV-positive infants are "outweighed by the risks associated with the use of BCG vaccine

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A round up of the latest Clinical Guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)

Acute pancreatitis
American College of Radiology - Medical Specialty Society. 1998 (revised 2006). NGC:005114

Acute abdominal pain and fever or suspected abdominal abscess
American College of Radiology - Medical Specialty Society. 1996 (revised 2006). NGC:005138

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