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General medicine
Secondo l'OMS mezzo milione di bambini è morto tra il 1995 e il 2000 a causa della contaminazione delle acque, soprattutto nei Paesi dell'Europa Orientale.
Istituto Superiore di Sanità - Tue, 23 October 2007
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Oncology
The enzyme WIP1 (wild-type p53-induced phosphatase 1) becomes cancer-causing when there is too much of it, preventing the p53 gene from protecting the genome against dangerous DNA mutations.
Baylor College of Medicine - Tue, 16 October 2007
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Neurology
Increased levels of a protein called CUGBP1 play an important role in the adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy called myotonic dystrophy type 1.
Baylor College of Medicine - Tue, 16 October 2007
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Genetics e Rare diseases
A new technique that combines gene chip technology with the latest generation of gene sequencing machines to allow fast and accurate sequencing of selected parts of the genome has been developed by researchers from the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Baylor College of Medicine - Tue, 16 October 2007
http://www.bcm.edu
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Diagnostics
Reports of deaths and serious cardiopulmonary reactions following the administration of ultrasound micro-bubble contrast agents used in echocardiography.
Food and Drug Administration - Tue, 16 October 2007
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Oncology
The addition of paclitaxel to adjuvant chemotherapy appears to have limited survival benefit for women with HER2-negative, estrogen-receptor-positive, node-positive breast cancer.
Medscape - Tue, 16 October 2007
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Oncology
Long-term study examines readmission as assessment of benefit to survivors.
Medscape - Tue, 16 October 2007
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Oncology
These findings highlight the need for more study of the benefits of routine skin cancer screening.
Medscape - Tue, 16 October 2007
http://www.medscape.com
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Psychiatry
One out of 35 people in the world is an immigrant, and in virtually every country, different languages, beliefs and cultures coexist. In this context, promoting mental health requires incorporating cultural sensitivity into mental health services and programs, experts said today at a special event held to observe World Mental Health Day 2007.
The Pan American Health Organization - Tue, 16 October 2007
http://www.paho.org/
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
The world’s maternal mortality ratio (the number of maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) is declining too slowly to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, which aims to reduce the number of women who die in pregnancy and childbirth by three-quarters by 2015.
World Health Organization - Tue, 16 October 2007
http://www.who.int