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Oncology
It is not clear yet if PSA screening is able to decrease the specific mortality due to prostate cancer in healthy elderly, but it is however accepted at a general level that the test performance is not indicated when life expectance is lower than 10 years.
MedNews - Wed, 21 March 2007
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Cardiology
The National Cholesterol Education Program recommends to progressively increase low-density lipoprotein therapy up to reducing LDL cholesterol to very low levels: for example less than 70 mg/dl in patients with a high cardiovascular risk.
MedNews - Wed, 21 March 2007
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Coloproctology
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) probably represents the commonest intestinal disease for which patients go to the general practitioner and can be worsened by a bacterial intestinal overgrowth.
MedNews - Wed, 21 March 2007
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Gastroenterology
The symptoms of a disorder do not always appear similarly in the various ages of life: some Italian researchers recorded the onset symptoms in 840 adult patients with endoscopic diagnosis of erosive oesophagitis.
MedNews - Wed, 21 March 2007
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
Even if caesarean delivery is common, it has not been outlined yet which can be the damages caused to foetus by this method.
MedNews - Wed, 21 March 2007
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Hematology
The longest follow-up study ever done on children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, supported in part by NIGMS, identifies risks for survivors later in life.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences - Wed, 21 March 2007
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
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Oncology
NIGMS-funded researchers have shed light on how Src, a cancer gene discovered in 1977, may contribute to tumor growth.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences - Wed, 21 March 2007
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
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General medicine
NIGMS-funded scientists have built a model of the active site of cytochrome c oxidase, a crucial component of cells' energy-generating machinery.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences - Wed, 21 March 2007
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
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Oncology
Researchers have created a new imaging compound in mice that selectively binds to certain cancer cells and glows, or fluoresces, only when processed by these cells.
Society of Nuclear Medicine - Wed, 21 March 2007
http://interactive.snm.org/
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Oncology
A newly published study demonstrates that imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) using a radiolabeled antibody accurately identifies whether a patient has clear cell renal carcinoma - the most common and aggressive type of renal tumor - and arms the urologist with crucial information that will help determine whether surgery is needed.
Society of Nuclear Medicine - Wed, 21 March 2007
http://interactive.snm.org/