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Transplant Surgery
Complete hematopoietic chimerism and tolerance of a liver allograft from a deceased male donor developed in a 9-year-old girl, with no evidence of graft-versus-host disease 17 months after transplantation.
New England Journal of Medicine - Fri, 25 January 2008
http://www.nejm.org
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Cardiology
Numerous studies have compared the outcomes of two competing interventions for multivessel coronary artery disease: coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) and coronary stenting. However, little information has become available since the introduction of drug-eluting stents.
New England Journal of Medicine - Fri, 25 January 2008
http://www.nejm.org
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Cardiology
The study wants determine if there is a relation between aspirin "resistance" and clinical outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease.
British Medical Journal - Fri, 25 January 2008
http://www.bmjjournals.com
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Infectious Diseases
Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria seem cost effective in standard analyses, but these do not take account of clinicians’ response to test results. This study tested the impact of clinicians’ response to rapid diagnostic test or microscopy results on the costs and benefits of testing at different levels of malaria transmission and in different age groups.
British Medical Journal - Fri, 25 January 2008
http://www.bmjjournals.com
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General medicine
A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows that lowering the number of prescriptions for sleeping tablets and other such medication can reduce incidences of falls that occur in elderly care.
Karolinska Institutet - Fri, 25 January 2008
http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&l=en
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Pediatrics
Children who receive more formal education are less likely to have their own stunted children.
The Lancet - Fri, 25 January 2008
http://www.thelancet.com
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Oncology
Use of oral contraceptives during a woman’s lifetime gives substantial long-term protection against ovarian cancer – and the longer they are used, the greater the reduction in risk.
The Lancet - Fri, 25 January 2008
http://www.thelancet.com
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General medicine
Premature babies who receive morphine may grow up to be more sensitive to pain, a study on rats suggests.
BBC News - Fri, 25 January 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk
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Geriatrics
Vitamin E may ward off physical decline in elderly people, research suggests.
BBC News - Fri, 25 January 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk
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Pneumology
One of the most frequent causes of hospitalization is represented by bronchiolitis, for whose therapy the use of steroids is still controversial, as trials of high quality and power to confirm this therapeutical choice are still few.
MedNews - Sun, 20 January 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/