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Cardiology
Theoretically, anticoagulants administered after a thromboembolic event should be interrupted when anticoagulation risks go beyond relapsing thromboembolism risks.
MedNews - Sat, 9 December 2006
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Neurology
Sleep disorders are a very frequent disease, above all with age; but in spite of the fact that the so many used drugs bring side effects, sometimes also important ones, studies taking therapies alternative to drugs into consideration are still few.
MedNews - Sat, 9 December 2006
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Otolaryngology
It was already shown that the delay of 2-3 days in the administration of antibiotics in case of children with otitis media implies a high percentage of spontaneous recovery, with the evident advantage of not using antibiotics. Studies in this sense were realized in medical offices and not in the Emergency Room, where the patient’s monitoring conditions are different.
MedNews - Sat, 9 December 2006
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Pneumology
In children affected by severe asthmatic crisis, inhalatory cortisone is less efficacious than the oral one, but in mild and moderate crises the outcome can be better.
MedNews - Sat, 9 December 2006
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Oncology
Three new studies were performed to evaluate the best way to approach screening and treatment for prostate cancer in older adults. Clinicians promoting the use of PSA as a screening, too, think that the subject’s old age is a condition for which this screening through PSA is not proposable.
MedNews - Sat, 9 December 2006
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Neurology
Diabetes mellitus (DM) could increase the risk of Alzheimer disease (AD) through several biologically plausible pathways, but the relationship between DM and the development of AD remains uncertain.
Archives of Neurology - Sat, 9 December 2006
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Neurology
The progression of neurological disability in human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1)–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) remains undefined. Objectives is to determine the time course of disability scores and to identify predictors of outcome among patients with HAM/TSP.
Archives of Neurology - Sat, 9 December 2006
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Nephrology
Adults with type 1 diabetes who are obese, especially those who carry excess weight around the middle, are at increased risk for developing kidney disease, a study shows.
Scientific American - Sat, 9 December 2006
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Dermatology
To examine the relationship between melanoma thickness and reported time from first recognition and from first physician contact to the diagnosis of invasive melanoma.
Archives of Dermatology - Fri, 8 December 2006
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Dermatology
Objective of this study is to evaluate dermoscopic features and patterns of dermatofibromas using conventional and polarized light dermoscopy.
Archives of Dermatology - Fri, 8 December 2006
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