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Cardiology
Objective of this study is to determine the effect of calcium supplementation on myocardial infarction, stroke, and sudden death in healthy postmenopausal women.
British Medical Journal - Thu, 7 February 2008
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Neurology
People can live for several years after being diagnosed as having dementia and many are already frail at the time of diagnosis.
British Medical Journal - Thu, 7 February 2008
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Genetics e Rare diseases
Menkes disease is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in a copper-transport gene. In this study of 81 newborns at risk for Menkes disease, a screening test indicating low dopamine-{beta}-hydroxylase activity demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity.
New England Journal of Medicine - Thu, 7 February 2008
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Genetics e Rare diseases
This article describes the detailed phenotype of 15 children, 1 to 17 years of age, with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a rare, sporadic autosomal dominant premature aging syndrome causing death at approximately 13 years of age.
New England Journal of Medicine - Thu, 7 February 2008
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Dentistry
Tobacco smoking is a recognized behavioral risk factor for periodontal disease (through its systemic effects), and cannabis smoking may contribute in a similar way.
Journal of the American Medical Association - Thu, 7 February 2008
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Psychiatry
The US public mental health system must address the issue of tobacco use in psychiatric hospitals. Programs that treat behavioral health problems such as depression or schizophrenia are the only remaining sector of health care that fail to systematically help patients quit smoking.
Journal of the American Medical Association - Thu, 7 February 2008
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General medicine
A new international task force was launched to address how to finance the scaling up of the health workforce in the developing world.
World Health Organization - Thu, 7 February 2008
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Neurology
An estimated 20 percent of migraine sufferers experience migraine without a headache. However, they have other problems including visual disturbances driving many of them to seek the help of an ophthalmologist.
Baylor College of Medicine - Thu, 7 February 2008
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Neurology
A new study indicates chronic pain has a widespread impact on overall brain function, a finding that may offer a possible explanation for many of the common cognitive and behavioral comorbidities seen in such patients.
Medscape - Thu, 7 February 2008
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Pediatrics
A randomized controlled trial shows that oral sucrose is an effective, easy-to-administer, short-acting analgesic for use during routine immunizations in infants 2 to 4 months of age.
Medscape - Thu, 7 February 2008
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