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Arpida announced results from two pivotal phase III clinical trials that showed intravenous iclaprim, a novel antibiotic, had high clinical cure rates similar to those of the comparator drug, linezolid, in the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. A new drug application for iclaprim in cSSSI will be discussed at the US FDA Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee meeting on Nov. 20, 2008.

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Mari M. Kitahata, M.D., of the University of Washington in Seattle, will present the following findings on Oct. 26, 2008, during the joint annual meeting of ICAAC/ IDSA in Washington, D.C.: Under current treatment guidelines, highly active antiretroviral therapy should be considered for HIV-infected patients when their CD4+ T-cell counts fall below 350 cells per cubic millimeter (mm3). However, new epidemiological research suggests that patients with HIV may have less risk of dying if they begin HAART sooner.

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The ability to make fire millennia ago was likely a key factor in the migration of prehistoric hominids from Africa into Eurasia, a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology believes on the basis of findings at the Gesher Benot Ya’aqov archaeological site in Israel.

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To tackle the growing number of psychiatric cases in Michigan’s rural areas, particularly among children and adolescents, a team of Michigan State University doctors from the colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and Human Medicine meet each week with patients from across the state via video conference.

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What stands a better chance of surviving 50 years from now, a framed photograph or a 10-megabyte digital photo file on your computer’s hard drive? The framed photograph will inevitably fade and yellow over time, but the digital photo file may be unreadable to future computers — an unintended consequence of our rapidly digitizing world that may ultimately lead to a “digital dark age.”

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If you think candidates never keep their promises and will say anything to get elected, you’re certainly not alone. And you’re not right, either.

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Patients who report receiving written and verbal instructions on the proper way to take the blood thinner warfarin are significantly less likely to suffer the serious gastrointestinal and brain bleeding problems that are associated with misuse of the drug, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

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Wild migratory birds may be more important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent than previously thought, according to new scientific research that has important implications for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in North America.

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Earthworms can change the chemical nature of the carbon in North American forest litter and soils, potentially affecting the amount of carbon stored in forests. Purdue scientists, along with collaborators from the Smithsonian Institution and Johns Hopkins University, want to determine the earthworms’ effect on forest chemistry by comparing carbon composition in forests that vary in earthworm activity.

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Congress needs to reform flawed 401(k) laws that could push back retirement for millions of Americans whose savings have collapsed along with the stock market, a University of Illinois elder law expert says.

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