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Diagnostics
Using a combination of D-dimer detection with a multislice CT scan (MSCT) to detect pulmonary embolism (PE) is as effective as using both these techniques in combination with leg ultrasonography.
The Lancet - Wed, 23 April 2008
http://www.thelancet.com
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Dermatology
A new treatment for plaque psoriasis has proven safe and effective in a phase III trial.
The Lancet - Wed, 23 April 2008
http://www.thelancet.com
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Infectious Diseases
Werner Albrich and Stephan Harbarth review the reported prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonisation in health-care workers to determine whether they serve as reservoirs, vectors, or victims of MRSA transmission.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Wed, 23 April 2008
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf
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Urology
Some patients affected by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) have nicturia as a major limitation for their quality of life.
MedNews - Wed, 23 April 2008
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Cardiology
ACE-inhibitors and sartans have an undoubted efficacy in cardiac decompensation, even if this disease is not always kept under control by these drugs, so an interest is born towards the associated use of the two kind of drugs.
MedNews - Wed, 23 April 2008
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Pneumology
Traditionally, one studies that pulmonary embolism deriving from a trauma occurs after a period of at least 5 days from trauma and that patients with pelvis or lower limb fractures are at a higher embolic risk, as well as patients with severe head traumas or with spine traumas.
MedNews - Wed, 23 April 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Infectious Diseases
After its marketing, the vaccine against herpes zoster is recommended by many infectivologists as a routine practice in the adult older than sixty.
MedNews - Wed, 23 April 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Genetics e Rare diseases
Sequencing the personal genetic blueprint of Nobel laureate and DNA pioneer James D. Watson – first announced nearly a year ago – signals a new technological era that points the way to development of techniques that will make personal genomic medicine possible.
Baylor College of Medicine - Wed, 23 April 2008
http://www.bcm.edu
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Psychiatry
Although anxiety disorders are common and disabling conditions among primary care patients, they often go unrecognized and untreated in this setting.
Journal of the American Medical Association - Wed, 23 April 2008
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
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Dietetics and Nutrition
A woman's diet around the time of conception may influence the gender of her baby, research suggests.
BBC News - Wed, 23 April 2008
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