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The effect of earplugs during the night on the onset of delirium and sleep perception: a randomized controlled trial in intensive care patients
Bart Van Rompaey, Monique M Elseviers, Wim Van Drom, Veronique Fromont, Philippe G Jorens Critical Care 2012, 16:R73 (4 May 2012)
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The use of earplugs in the ICU can lead to a better night's sleep for patients, lower the incidence of confusion, and delay the onset of cognitive disturbances.
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Q&A: 'Toxic' effects of sugar: should we be afraid of fructose?
Luc Tappy BMC Biology 2012, 10:42 (21 May 2012)
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Before the colonial era of sugar plantations we consumed, on average, about 15-fold less fructose than we do today. Luc Tappy explains, in question and answer format, the special features of fructose metabolism and discusses the evidence that high fructose intake has contributed to the current epidemic of obesity and metabolic disease.
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Readjoiner: a fast and memory efficient string graph-based
sequence assembler
Giorgio Gonnella, Stefan Kurtz BMC Bioinformatics 2012, 13:82 (6 May 2012)
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Function and biotechnology of extremophilic enzymes in low water activity
Ram Karan, Melinda D Capes, Shiladitya DasSarma Aquatic Biosystems 2012, 8:4 (2 February 2012)
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Prevalence of cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) disliking among different ethnocultural groups
Lilli Mauer, Ahmed El-Sohemy Flavour 2012, 1:8 (2 May 2012)
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Hemoglobin levels and transfusions in neurocritically ill patients: a systematic review of comparative studies
Philippe Desjardins, Alexis F Turgeon, Marie-Hélène Tremblay, François Lauzier, Ryan Zarychanski, Amélie Boutin, Lynne Moore, Lauralyn A McIntyre, Shane W English, Andrea Rigamonti, Jacques Lacroix, Dean A Fergusson Critical Care 2012, 16:R54 (2 April 2012)
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An observational study of associations among maternal fluids during parturition, neonatal output, and breastfed newborn weight loss
Joy Noel-Weiss, A Kirsten Woodend, Wendy E Peterson, William Gibb, Dianne L Groll International Breastfeeding Journal 2011, 6:9 (15 August 2011)
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The volume of intravenous fluids received by women during labour impacts newborn birth weight, meaning weight loss in the first 24 hours post delivery may not be a true measure of early breastfeeding success.
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High degree of efficacy in the treatment of cyclic vomiting syndrome with combined co-enzyme Q10, L-carnitine and amitriptyline, a case series
Richard G Boles BMC Neurology 2011, 11:102 (16 August 2011)
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Circulating tumour cells escape from EpCAM-based detection due to epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
Tobias M Gorges, Ingeborg Tinhofer, Michael Drosch, Lars Roese, Thomas M Zollner, Thomas Krahn, Oliver von Ahsen BMC Cancer 2012, 12:178 (16 May 2012)
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A qualitative study of nursing student experiences of clinical practice
Farkhondeh Sharif, Sara Masoumi BMC Nursing 2005, 4:6 (9 November 2005)
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Long-term osteoporosis treatment: myth or reality?
Andrea Giusti Arthritis Research & Therapy 2012, 14(Suppl 2):A2 (8 March 2012)
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Recent Alzheimer's disease research highlights
Douglas Galasko, Todd Golde, Gordon Wilcock Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2012, 4:14 (18 May 2012)
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In their editorial, Editors-in-Chief Douglas Galasko, Todd Golde and Gordon Wilcock highlight several of the major translational research advances in Alzheimer's disease (AD) that have occurred over the past year.
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Metabolomics of human breast cancer: new approaches for tumor typing and biomarker discovery
Carsten Denkert, Elmar Bucher, Mika Hilvo, Reza Salek, Matej Orešič, Julian Griffin, Scarlet Brockmöller, Frederick Klauschen, Sibylle Loibl, Dinesh Barupal, Jan Budczies, Kristiina Iljin, Valentina Nekljudova, Oliver Fiehn Genome Medicine 2012, 4:37 (30 April 2012)
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Denkert et al. review recent work showing that integrated metabolomic analyses can provide information on the stage, subtype and grade of breast tumors and give mechanistic insights into breast cancer.
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Apolipoprotein M - a new biomarker in sepsis
Christina Christoffersen, Lars Nielsen Critical Care 2012, 16:126 (17 May 2012)
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Human albumin in the management of complications of liver cirrhosis
Mauro Bernardi, Caterina Maggioli, Giacomo Zaccherini Critical Care 2012, 16:211 (20 March 2012)
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Breast cancer risk-assessment models
D Gareth R Evans, Anthony Howell Breast Cancer Research 2007, 9:213 (12 September 2007)
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Calculating the return on investment of mobile healthcare
Nancy E Oriol, Paul J Cote, Anthony P Vavasis, Jennifer Bennet, Darien DeLorenzo, Philip Blanc, Isaac Kohane BMC Medicine 2009, 7:27 (2 June 2009)
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The Family Van, a mobile health clinic serving the medically disenfranchised in Boston, yields a 36 dollar saving for every dollar invested in the program by implementing disease prevention strategies and reducing unnecessary use of emergency departments.
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Predictors of Knowledge of H1N1 Infection and Transmission in the U.S. Population
Elena Savoia, Marcia A Testa, Kasisomayajula Viswanath BMC Public Health 2012, 12:328 (3 May 2012)
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Causes and consequences of cerebral small vessel disease. The RUN DMC study: a prospective cohort study. Study rationale and protocol
Anouk GW van Norden, Karlijn F de Laat, Rob AR Gons, Inge WM van Uden, Ewoud J van Dijk, Lucas JB van Oudheusden, Rianne AJ Esselink, Bastiaan R Bloem, Baziel GM van Engelen, Machiel J Zwarts, Indira Tendolkar, Marcel G Olde-Rikkert, Maureen J van der Vlugt, Marcel P Zwiers, David G Norris, Frank-Erik de Leeuw BMC Neurology 2011, 11:29 (28 February 2011)
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GPs' decision-making - perceiving the patient as a person or a disease running title GPs' decision-making
Malin André, Annika Andén, Lars Borgquist, Carl Edvard Rudebeck BMC Family Practice 2012, 13:38 (16 May 2012)
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Brace technology thematic series: the dynamic derotation brace
Theodoros B Grivas, Achilles Bountis, Irene Vrasami, Nikolaos V Bardakos Scoliosis 2010, 5:20 (21 September 2010)
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Mending walls
Gregory A Petsko BMC Biology 2012, 10:41 (11 May 2012)
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The real topic of Gregory Petsko's Comment in our Metabolism diet and disease series is not, despite its title, mending walls, but patterns of comorbidity that argue for cross-disciplinary research: obesity and cancer are linked, for example, but apparently not if you are also schizophrenic.
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Clinical guidelines contribute to the health inequities
experienced by individuals with intellectual
disabilities
Lindsay A M Mizen, Marjorie L Macfie, Linda Findlay, Sally-Ann Cooper, Craig A Melville Implementation Science 2012, 7:42 (11 May 2012)
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Design of an efficient medium for heterologous protein production in Yarrowia lipolytica: case of human interferon alpha 2b
Najla Gasmi, Atef Ayed, Jean-Marc Nicaud, Héla Kallel Microbial Cell Factories 2011, 10:38 (20 May 2011)
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What is a preferred angiotensin II receptor blocker-based combination therapy for blood pressure control in hypertensive patients with diabetic and non-diabetic renal impairment?
Samir G Mallat Cardiovascular Diabetology 2012, 11:32 (10 April 2012)
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