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Nephrology
From previous trials, the association between ciprofloxacin and acute renal failure, probably realized through immunological-like mechanisms, was signalled.
MedNews - Thu, 28 February 2008
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Nephrology
We know there is a relation between high levels of homocysteine and cardiovascular diseases, even if folic acid and vitamin B supplementations have not decreased the incidence of these diseases. So the interest is born on the presence of hyperhomocysteinemia in patients people with chronic renal disease.
MedNews - Thu, 28 February 2008
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Pediatrics
The pediatric syndrome characterized by attention deficit and hyperactivity (ADHD) has been signalled in the USA with a frequency ranging from 2% to 26%, a huge difference which probably reflects a diagnostic methodological difficulty.
MedNews - Thu, 28 February 2008
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Urology
When we are in front of patients with “chronic” perineal pelvic pain, we often speak of chronic prostatitis, even if in these subjects generally there is no shown bacterial infection and the prostatic secretion and urine do not contain white blood cells. In these cases is it correct to speak of chronic inflammation?
MedNews - Thu, 28 February 2008
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Orthopaedics
Decisive results on the usefulness of calcium in the prevention of fractures still lack, so, a systematic review has been performed on all the randomized trials published from 1996 to 2006, concerning the comparison between calcium (with or without vitamin D) and placebo in adults being more than 50 years old.
MedNews - Thu, 28 February 2008
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Neurology
A new study shows frequent use of antimicrobials in patients with advanced dementia, particularly in the last 2 weeks of life.
Medscape - Thu, 28 February 2008
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Rheumatology
The endogenous opioid endomorphin-1 plays an anti-inflammatory role in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and adjuvant-induced polyarthritis.
Medscape - Thu, 28 February 2008
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Diabetology
Effective self management is the cornerstone of good care for people with diabetes. High quality structured education that prepares people for a lifetime with the condition is a key enabler of self management.
British Medical Journal - Thu, 28 February 2008
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General medicine
After more than three years of planning and study, the European Biobank was officially launched in February at a meeting in Cambridge. Its almost 100 funded participants outlined a strategy to have the legal framework and infrastructure in place by the middle of 2010.
British Medical Journal - Thu, 28 February 2008
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Oncology
Drugs prescribed to boost red blood cell counts in cancer patients who become anemic may actually be raising patients' risk of death.
American Cancer Society - Thu, 28 February 2008
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