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Psychiatry
The error-related negativity is a negative deflection in the event-related potential maximal approximately 50 msec after the commission of errors. The error-related negativity is generated in the anterior cingulate cortex, and both anterior cingulate cortex hyperactivity and increased error-related brain activity have been reported in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
American Journal of Psychiatry - Wed, 30 January 2008
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/
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Orthopaedics
Statistics tell of more than 300.000 hip fractures every year in the USA, most of which due to falls of older people. In order to try to reduce this fact, some devices have been invented, whose use, however, led to doubtful results.
MedNews - Wed, 30 January 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Orthopaedics
There are not many case-control trials evaluating the efficacy of intra-articular cortisones as a therapy for osteoarthritis of the hip, so this randomized trial has been performed in Canada, where patients suffering from painful osteoarthritis of the hip, refractory to very high doses of NSAIDs or paracetamol have been treated with triamcinolone acetonide (fluoroscopic-guided injected 40 mg) or with saline solution.
MedNews - Wed, 30 January 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Cardiology
Aliskiren, a renin inhibitor, has been recently marketed for the treatment of hypertension, both in monotherapy and in association with other drugs. Aliskiren blocks the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to an earlier metabolic step than ACE-inhibitors and angiotensin receptors blockers (ARB).
MedNews - Wed, 30 January 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Gastroenterology
In the therapy for Clostridium Difficile-induced diarrhea, vancomycin or metronidazole are used, even if there is no clear evidence of the usefulness of these two therapies.
MedNews - Wed, 30 January 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Psychiatry
A review of population trials examining the influence of cannabis on late onset of affective or psychotic disorders has been performed, obtaining the result that the risk of any psychotic disorder in cannabis usual consumers is higher than non-smokers of about 41%.
MedNews - Wed, 30 January 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Neurology
Epilepsy is a prevalent neurological disorder that is compounded by the comorbidities that commonly arise form the direct effects of seizures, side-effects of medications, or social stigma.
The Lancet Neurology - Wed, 30 January 2008
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur
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Oncology
As awareness and diagnostic techniques improve, the prevalence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours has similarly increased, but outcome has remained the same.
The Lancet Oncology - Wed, 30 January 2008
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc
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Oncology
Previous findings from the ATAC trial at 68 months of follow-up noted patients assigned to anastrozole had improved disease-free survival compared with those assigned to tamoxifen.
The Lancet Oncology - Wed, 30 January 2008
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc
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Pneumology
Messaggio del Ministro della Salute in occasione del Convegno "Verso una società libera dal fumo. Le tre P: progressi, problemi, prospettive" che si è svolto a Roma presso il Centro Congressi Apat.
Ministero della Salute - Mon, 28 January 2008
http://www.ministerosalute.it