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Oncology
Breeding mice with a gene for a cellular receptor that can be turned on and off - at will - not only enabled researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to show how prostate cancer progresses, but also provides a model for studying when a drug targeting a gene will have an effect on the cancer.
Baylor College of Medicine - Tue, 11 December 2007
http://www.bcm.edu
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Genetics e Rare diseases
Often a final and fatal step in cancer progression, metastasis causes 90% of all cancer deaths and is associated with a median survival after diagnosis of less than 2 years. But ongoing research efforts are providing clues to potential therapeutic targets by deciphering the complex genetic events that enable tumor cells to disseminate and invade distant organs.
Journal of the American Medical Association - Tue, 11 December 2007
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
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Pneumology
Promoting cessation to individuals who continue to smoke despite well-known health risks may be a matter of zeroing in on their unique fears about quitting, their motivations to do so, and offering them more concrete evidence of how smoking is affecting their personal health, according to a pair of studies presented in October at CHEST 2007, the annual scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians.
Journal of the American Medical Association - Tue, 11 December 2007
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
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Infectious Diseases
This study assessed the effects of 26 weeks of therapy with tesamorelin, a growth hormone releasing factor analogue, versus placebo on visceral adiposity in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); 86% of the patients were men. Daily tesamorelin treatment decreased the amount of visceral fat and improved the lipid profile.
New England Journal of Medicine - Tue, 11 December 2007
http://www.nejm.org
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Pediatrics
In this Danish study, body-mass index in childhood was associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) events in adulthood. The association was stronger in boys than in girls, and the risk of an event in adulthood increased in both sexes as the child's age increased from 7 to 13 years.
New England Journal of Medicine - Tue, 11 December 2007
http://www.nejm.org
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Dietetics and Nutrition
The objective of this study is to summarise the long term efficacy of anti-obesity drugs in reducing weight and improving health status.
British Medical Journal - Tue, 11 December 2007
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General medicine
In-hospital cardiac arrest often represents failure of optimal clinical care. The use of medical emergency teams to prevent such events is controversial.
British Medical Journal - Tue, 11 December 2007
http://www.bmjjournals.com
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Infectious Diseases
Measles deaths in Africa fell by 91% to 36 000 between 2000 and 2006, the Measles Initiative announced today.
World Health Organization - Tue, 4 December 2007
http://www.who.int
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Pneumology
Objective of thw study is to determine whether clinicians' prognoses in patients with severe acute exacerbations of obstructive lung disease admitted to intensive care match observed outcomes in terms of survival.
British Medical Journal - Tue, 4 December 2007
http://www.bmjjournals.com
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Oncology
Objective is to investigate the feasibility of testing for prostate cancer and the prevalence and characteristics of the disease in unselected young men.
British Medical Journal - Tue, 4 December 2007
http://www.bmjjournals.com