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Infectious Diseases
n a Personal View, Jarold Cosby and colleagues explore changing trends in infectious disease in primary care, consulting behaviour, and antibiotic prescribing.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Tue, 13 November 2007
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf
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Neurology
When asked, patients with partial seizures (or focal seizures) report fewer than half of all the seizures that are recorded on video-EEG monitoring
Medscape - Tue, 13 November 2007
http://www.medscape.com
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Infectious Diseases
The results of a nine-country survey released today indicate that over 40% of respondents do not understand that AIDS is always a fatal disease.
Medscape - Tue, 13 November 2007
http://www.medscape.com
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Oncology
The report of malignant tumours and oncogenic viruses through organ transplantation are numerous, but the possibility of transmission through blood transfusion (which is only a transplantation of half-fluid tissue) has never been established.
MedNews - Tue, 13 November 2007
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Cardiology
According to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines, it is opportune to investigate for the presence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in all males older than 65 who had been smokers, but doubts on benefits of this proposal are still many.
MedNews - Tue, 13 November 2007
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Neurology
Even if, on one hand, it is known the influence of inflammation phenomena in Alzheimer’s dementia pathogenesis, on the other it was never shown that the use of anti-inflammatory products is capable to slow dementia evolution.
MedNews - Tue, 13 November 2007
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Pharmacology
According to a recent trial performed in the Netherlands (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2007; 63:232), the interruption in the administration of some drugs in older patients with a history of accidental falls is capable to lower the relapse risk.
MedNews - Tue, 13 November 2007
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Psychiatry
All'Auditorium del Ministero della Salute una Conferenza per illustrare il primo importante documento dedicato alla ricognizione di validi strumenti per l'identificazione precoce di soggetti a rischio.
Ministero della Salute - Tue, 13 November 2007
http://www.ministerosalute.it
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Toxicology
Cresce l’età degli utenti, diminuisce il consumo di eroina ma aumenta quello di cocaina. L’82,7% del totale dei tossicodipendenti in trattamento si rivolge ai SERT.
Ministero della Salute - Tue, 13 November 2007
http://www.ministerosalute.it
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Oncology
A new report, based on thousands of studies, confirms that what you eat and how much you weigh influence your risk of developing cancer.
American Cancer Society - Wed, 7 November 2007
http://www.cancer.org/