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Orthopaedics
Calcium supplementation alone, or in combination with vitamin D supplementation, reduces the risk of fractures in people aged over 50 by 12%.
The Lancet - Tue, 28 August 2007
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Diabetology
People who have had heart attacks are at a higher risk of developing both new-onset diabetes and the pre-diabetes condition impaired fasting glucose (IFG).
The Lancet - Tue, 28 August 2007
http://www.thelancet.com
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
The diverse and complex female endocrine disorder polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which affects 1 in 15 women worldwide, is a major economic health burden that is likely to expand together with obesity concludes a seminar.
The Lancet - Tue, 28 August 2007
http://www.thelancet.com
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Infectious Diseases
A new effort to eliminate Chagas disease by 2010 has been launched at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting of disease experts and partners.
The Pan American Health Organization - Tue, 28 August 2007
http://www.paho.org/
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General medicine
A new guideline to improve the diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy) (CFS/ME) in adults and children.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Tue, 28 August 2007
http://www.nice.org.uk
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Neurology
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today issued guidance recommending natalizumab for the treatment of rapidly evolving severe relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RES). This guidance is produced as part of its rapid single technology appraisal (STA) work programme.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - Tue, 28 August 2007
http://www.nice.org.uk
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Neurology
The interplay of two proteins that bind to messenger RNA, a molecule that mediates translation of the information encoded in genes into proteins, triggers the appearance of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FTAX), a late-life disorder associated with the gene that causes fragile X syndrome in children.
Baylor College of Medicine - Tue, 28 August 2007
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Orthopaedics
An update on osteoporosis and brittle bone disease in children will be presented in a public forum next month: osteoporosis is a common disease of adulthood, but it has its roots in childhood; both environmental and genetic factors contribute to this problem and patients suffer from bone fractures and pain.
Baylor College of Medicine - Tue, 28 August 2007
http://www.bcm.edu
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General medicine
Sex workers around the world continue to be murdered, and standardised mortality rates for sex workers are six times those seen in the general population.
British Medical Journal - Tue, 28 August 2007
http://www.bmjjournals.com
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General medicine
Some biochemical processes, especially those in bacteria, have been so well studied it’s assumed that no discoveries are left to be made. Not so, it turns out, for Johns Hopkins researchers who have stumbled on the identity of an enzyme that had been a mystery for more than 30 years.
Johns Hopkins Hospital - Tue, 28 August 2007
http://www.hopkinshospital.org