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Infant feeding mode predicts the costs of healthcare services in one region of Canada: a data linkage pilot study

The aim is to perform a pilot study evaluating the differences in healthcare service use and its associated costs by infant feeding mode in an infant’s first year of life. Data from a prospective cohort study ...

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Sat Aug 15, 2020 03:00

The kappa opioid receptor agonist U50,488H did not affect brain-stimulation reward while it elicited conditioned place aversion in mice

Selective kappa opioid receptor (KOR) agonists were shown to produce a dose-dependent depression of brain-stimulation reward (BSR) in the rat intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) tests. However, limited studie...

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Fri Aug 14, 2020 03:00

Two years study of prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from surgical site infections in the North of Iran

The present study aimed to investigate the frequency and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) isolated from surgical site infections (SSIs) in the North of Iran.

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Fri Aug 14, 2020 03:00

Bariatric surgery in obese patients with ventricular assist devices

Patients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF) treated with ventricular assist devices (VADs) tend to gain weight, which may prevent them from receiving heart transplantation (HT) if their body mass index (BMI) ...

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Fri Aug 14, 2020 03:00

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