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Cardiology
Peripheral arterial diseases are often associated with other vascular diseases (including stroke and infarction) and so most patients are treated with antiplatelet drugs.
MedNews - Sun, 20 January 2008
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Oncology
An increase in jaw necrosis was referred in patients affected by various forms of cancer treated with bisphosphonates to prevent or treat bone tumour localizations.
MedNews - Sun, 20 January 2008
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Oncology
Even if almost universally the importance of a diet rich in fruit and vegetables is underlined, it has not been ascertained yet whether the use of such a diet is able to decrease tumour relapses, in particular concerning breast cancer.
MedNews - Sun, 20 January 2008
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Hematology
Systemic amyloidosis occurs in two main variations: AL (primary amyloidosis, associated with the presence of a monoclonal variation of plasmacells) and AA (amyloidosis secondary to chronic inflammatory diseases).
MedNews - Sun, 20 January 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Oncology
Men with susceptibility for prostate cancer will soon be identifiable through a simple DNA test. So hope scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet, who have shown that men carrying a combination of known risk genes run a four to five times higher risk of developing prostate cancer.
Karolinska Institutet - Sun, 20 January 2008
http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&l=en
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General Surgery
The FDA recommends that all devices be inspected for fragmentation immediately on removal from the patient.
Medscape - Thu, 17 January 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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Orthopaedics
In community-dwelling men older than 60 years, serum testosterone levels were independently associated with the risk for osteoporotic fracture.
Medscape - Thu, 17 January 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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Endocrinology
As a treatment for obesity in childhood, correction of acquired hypothyroidism seldom results in weight loss, even among the most severe cases, study findings suggest.
Medscape - Thu, 17 January 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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Oncology
A new study evaluates the relationship between statin use and cancer incidence. ACS experts say more research is needed.
American Cancer Society - Thu, 17 January 2008
http://www.cancer.org/
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Neurology
The damaging effects of the mutated protein involved in Huntington's disease take place earlier in cell life than previously believed, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears in the current edition of the journal Neuron.
Baylor College of Medicine - Thu, 17 January 2008
http://www.bcm.edu