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Pneumology
In children with asthma the use of outpatient spirometry is a little exploited practice, even if spirometry is the only tool capable of offering correct evaluation parameters on treatment efficacy and respiratory functionality.
MedNews - Thu, 14 December 2006
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General medicine
It is known that blood pressure control in people with hypertension is poor, in spite of the presence of efficacious treatments; so, researchers have tried to understand the reasons of this poor success and to improve results.
MedNews - Thu, 14 December 2006
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Neurology
Some surgical approaches for Parkinson disease, among which high-frequency electric stimulation of subtalamic nuclei through a surgically implanted stimulator, were realized.
MedNews - Thu, 14 December 2006
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Cardiology
Cardiovascular (CV) diseases incidence is lower in women than in men, with a difference which is probably linked to the presence in blood of female hormones. In clinical trials of more than 40 years ago, estrogens administration to male subjects was associated to an increase in CV risk.
MedNews - Thu, 14 December 2006
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Nephrology
Three studies showed that lanthanum carbonate provides effective, safe serum phosphorus control in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease.
Medscape - Thu, 14 December 2006
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Dietetics and Nutrition
In a randomized study, 1 year of calorie restriction vs exercise yielded similar weight loss, but only weight loss from calorie restriction produced significant decreases in BMD in older adults.
Medscape - Thu, 14 December 2006
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Rheumatology
Takayasu's arteritis (TA), a rare large vessel vasculitis of unknown aetiology, remains a difficult disease to manage with diagnosis often delayed until the late occlusive stage when irreversible vascular damage has occurred.
Rheumatology - Thu, 14 December 2006
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Rheumatology
Radiosynoviorthesis (RSO) with an yttrium-90 colloid offers a local and minimally invasive therapy for treating inflammatory hypertrophy of the synovial membrane of the knee that has arisen from numerous kinds of disorder: these include rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA), spondyloarthropathy, villonodular synovitis and others.
Rheumatology - Thu, 14 December 2006
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Internal medicine
Moderate consumption of alcohol is inversely related with coronary disease, but its association with mortality is controversial. We performed a meta-analysis of prospective studies on alcohol dosing and total mortality.
Archives of Internal Medicine - Thu, 14 December 2006
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Dietetics and Nutrition
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today issued the first ever national guideline addressing both the prevention and treatment of obesity in adults and children. The guideline contains wide ranging recommendations, not just for the NHS, but also for schools and early year’s providers, local authorities, employers and town planners.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Wed, 13 December 2006
http://www.nice.org.uk