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Psychiatry
Some studies have supposed a relation between depression and sleep-related breath disorders (a wide term including both sleep apnoea and hypopnoea events).
MedNews - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Endocrinology
Among the various causes of neuropathy, hypothyroidism is little frequent. In order to study in a better way this epidemiology, some Norwegian neurologists have enrolled 38 women with hypothyroidism being treated, extremity pain not ascribable to particular diagnoses and no presence of diseases being able to justify peripheral neuropathy.
MedNews - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Allergology
About half of children presenting breath hissing during the first years of life become asymptomatic during school years; is it possible to foresee who will show a chronic disorder of the airways and to prevent this evolution?
MedNews - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Diabetology
According to the Diabetes Prevention Program, an intensive intervention on the lifestyle of overweight patients with an impaired glucose tolerance is able to lower the incidence of new cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
MedNews - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Otolaryngology
Patients with laryngeal symptoms apparently without any known aetiology are empirically treated with protonic pump inhibitors (PPI) according to a presupposed laryngopharyngeal reflux, even if in many studies this therapeutical formulation has been judged ineffective.
MedNews - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Plastic Surgery
Objective of the study is to determine if there is any observable difference in the midface of patients who have undergone a deep-plane face-lift vs a standard superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) plication face-lift.
Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery - Wed, 17 January 2007
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Plastic Surgery
From 1981 to 2006, a total of 100 consecutive patients were surgically treated and followed up for 1 to 10 years. The medical records of 68 of the patients were retrospectively examined. Outcomes were assessed based on comparison of the results of preoperative and last follow-up assessment of SP size and symptoms.
Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery - Wed, 17 January 2007
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Plastic Surgery
This is retrospective study of 62 patients who underwent a closed reduction of nasal fracture between July 1, 2002, and June 30, 2005. All patients were interviewed regarding the esthetic and functional outcomes after closed reduction.
Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery - Wed, 17 January 2007
http://archfaci.ama-assn.org/
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General medicine
Family and friends are thought to be the predominant providers of end-of-life care, although nationally representative data on this topic have been lacking.
Archives of Internal Medicine - Wed, 17 January 2007
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Internal medicine
Several studies suggest that weight loss reduces C-reactive protein (CRP) level; however, the consistency and magnitude of this effect has not been well characterized. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that weight loss is directly related to a decline in CRP level.
Archives of Internal Medicine - Wed, 17 January 2007
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