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Gastroenterology
A 5-year-old with abdominal pain, nausea and fever may have appendicitis or any of a number of other problems. But how does the child’s doctor decide whether to schedule an emergency appendectomy to surgically remove a presumably inflamed appendix or wait and observe what could be a ticking time bomb that could rupture and kill the patient in a matter of hours?
Johns Hopkins Hospital - Tue, 28 August 2007
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Oncology
High tumor control rates over the long term are possible with external beam radiation followed by brachytherapy in high-risk prostate cancer patients, according to researchers.
Medscape - Tue, 28 August 2007
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Infectious Diseases
An anthrax vaccine that is administered intranasally rather than by intramuscular injection can provide protection against lethal doses of Bacillus anthracis, the results of an animal study show.
Medscape - Tue, 28 August 2007
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Cardiology
Orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is a disorder in which, while standing, there is a tachycardia with a high frequency associated with other symptoms, but not with arterial hypotension.
MedNews - Tue, 28 August 2007
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Oncology
In some women, according to their anatomical breast characteristics, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a more sensitive examination than mammography in detecting tumours.
MedNews - Tue, 28 August 2007
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Orthopaedics
Musculo-skeletal pain in children is often underestimated and little treated: some researchers in Canada have assessed the efficacy of paracetamol (15 mg/kg), of ibuprofen (10 mg/kg) and of codeine (1 mg/kg) in children.
MedNews - Tue, 28 August 2007
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
Folic acid deficit is associated during pregnancy with defects of neural tube, but the role of folic acid supplements in the prevention of these defects is not clear yet.
MedNews - Tue, 28 August 2007
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Psychiatry
In patients affected by bipolar disorder, depression represents the main cause of inability and death, while drugs at our disposal are active above all on maniacal component.
MedNews - Tue, 28 August 2007
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General medicine
More than ever before, global public health security depends on international cooperation and the willingness of all countries to take steps to tackle new and emerging threats. That is the message of this year's World health report entitled A safer future: global public health security in the 21st century.
World Health Organization - Tue, 28 August 2007
http://www.who.int