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Internal medicine
The authors of this study report that young adults with very low birth weights have higher levels of insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and blood pressure as compared with young adults who were born at term.
New England Journal of Medicine - Tue, 22 May 2007
http://www.nejm.org
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Oncology
The incidence of cancer is increasing worldwide. In developed countries, longer life expectancy but also better diagnostic abilities explain this increase, whereas in developing and middle-income countries, the time bomb of tobacco-related and viral-induced cancer is starting to show its toll.
The Lancet - Tue, 22 May 2007
http://www.thelancet.com
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Oncology
Replacement of ovarian hormones after menopause is a practice in decline, largely because of several credible reports that link postmenopausal hormone use and breast cancer.
The Lancet - Tue, 22 May 2007
http://www.thelancet.com
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Oncology
Gastrointestinal stromal tumours are the most common mesenchymal neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract and are highly resistant to conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
The Lancet - Tue, 22 May 2007
http://www.thelancet.com
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Oncology
Most cancer deaths are due to the development of metastases, hence the most important improvements in morbidity and mortality will result from prevention (or elimination) of such disseminated disease.
The Lancet - Tue, 22 May 2007
http://www.thelancet.com
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Oncology
The presence of HER2 growing factor is present in 15%-25% of breast cancers, and it is associated to a particular cancer aggressiveness.
MedNews - Tue, 22 May 2007
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Gastroenterology
It is not yet clear the need to use Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP) in patients affected by acute pancreatitis in the presence of gallstones.
MedNews - Tue, 22 May 2007
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Diagnostics
Since colonscopy is more and more spreading, because of screening diagnostic procedures, it is important to know which can be its complications.
MedNews - Tue, 22 May 2007
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Cardiology
In a patient affected by congestive heart failure, the dosage of a natriuretic peptide fraction was used to quantify prognosis and make a prediction on disease evolution.
MedNews - Tue, 22 May 2007
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Orthopaedics
Since protonic pump inhibitors (PPI) cause hypochlorhydria, from a theroretical point of view, they could decrease calcium absorption and provoke, as a secondary effect, a weakening of the bone matrix.
MedNews - Tue, 22 May 2007
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