The New England journal of medicine
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Case Reports
Images in clinical medicine: Morphologic changes in erythrocytes in hypertriglyceridemia.
A 39-year-old woman with a history of gestational diabetes was admitted with epigastric pain from acute pancreatitis. She had no history of hyperlipidemia, but multiple blood samples were grossly lipemic, and serum triglyceride levels were markedly increased.
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Achieving a tobacco-free military requires rethinking current perceptions of service members' tobacco use and unmasking the forces perpetuating those perceptions. Prohibiting tobacco use would be entirely consistent with other military requirements regarding health.
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Newly cost-effective next-generation sequencing has led to an explosion of discoveries of novel genetic mutations that reveal the rampant "promiscuity" of genotype-phenotype relationships. Such discoveries should ultimately revolutionize clinical care.
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The optimal range of sodium intake for cardiovascular health is controversial. ⋯ In this study in which sodium intake was estimated on the basis of measured urinary excretion, an estimated sodium intake between 3 g per day and 6 g per day was associated with a lower risk of death and cardiovascular events than was either a higher or lower estimated level of intake. As compared with an estimated potassium excretion that was less than 1.50 g per day, higher potassium excretion was associated with a lower risk of death and cardiovascular events. (Funded by the Population Health Research Institute and others.).