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Dietetics and Nutrition
Experts on nutrition and public health convened by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) called today for the elimination of industrial trans fatty acids from food supplies throughout the Americas.
The Pan American Health Organization - Tue, 12 June 2007
http://www.paho.org/
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
After the discovery of possible damages from hormone therapies in menopause, the research addressed towards further substances capable to alleviate the disorders connected to menopause, particularly antidepressants and gabapentin.
MedNews - Tue, 12 June 2007
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Cardiology
In patients with heart disease there is a sure association between depression and mortality risk, but there is also uncertainty about the use (and the side effects, above all) of antidepressants in this particular category of subjects.
MedNews - Tue, 12 June 2007
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Neurology
After studies have shown stroke decrease in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with warfarin, the use of this anticoagulation drug has more and more spread, so researchers have wondered whether such a spread use can be associated with an increase in brain hemorrhage episodes.
MedNews - Tue, 12 June 2007
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Diagnostics
Among the indications to colonoscopy, there is often the presence of an anemia which is not otherwise justifiable, independently from the fact that anemia is caused by iron deficit or not.
MedNews - Tue, 12 June 2007
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Andrology
Patients presenting prostate hypertrophy-induced urinary symptoms are treated with drugs or surgery, without considering that changes in lifestyle can often reduce symptoms and the need for further therapies.
MedNews - Tue, 12 June 2007
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Orthopaedics
Sometimes opioids are prescribed in chronic back pain which cannot be controlled with other therapies. Through a literature review, 38 studies were identified, having examined the use of these drugs in chronic low back pain, their efficacy and side effects.
MedNews - Fri, 8 June 2007
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Coloproctology
In case of intestinal bleeding for unknown cause, the use of capsule vide-endoscopy is spreading. In this retrospective review performed in Arizona, results obtained through 206 video-capsule endoscopies performed on patients presenting intestinal bleeding.
MedNews - Fri, 8 June 2007
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Neurology
We know that folic acid administration is able to reduce homocysteine levels and that its high blood concentrations were associated, in some studies, with an increased age-related cognitive decline.
MedNews - Fri, 8 June 2007
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Genetics e Rare diseases
The most frequent cause of death in patients with Marfan syndrome is aortic dissection. Since beta-blockers are generally used to slow aneurysm dilation down, researchers have wondered whether the use of these drugs can improve prognosis in patients with Marfan syndrome.
MedNews - Fri, 8 June 2007
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