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Pneumology
Noninvasive ventilation (either continuous positive airway pressure or noninvasive intermittent positive-pressure ventilation) had no effect on 7-day or 30-day mortality in patients with cardiogenic pulmonary edema, as compared with standard oxygen therapy.
New England Journal of Medicine - Thu, 10 July 2008
http://www.nejm.org
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Geriatrics
Even if it is an important and frequent problem, the relation between decrease in physical function and nutrition in elderly has not been deeply examined yet.
MedNews - Mon, 7 July 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Diabetology
In diabetics hospitalized in intensive care unit, physicians tend to use high dosages of insulin in order to keep glucose compensation, even if this practice derives from trials prevalently performed on subjects undergoing heart surgery.
MedNews - Mon, 7 July 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Diagnostics
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) periodically releases some updates on screening guidelines.
MedNews - Mon, 7 July 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Pneumology
In the TORCH trial, recently finished, COPD therapy was examined, but the trial has a fault: tiotropium was not taken into consideration among the various inhaled therapies suggested in patients affected by COPD.
MedNews - Mon, 7 July 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Pediatrics
Cancer, chronic renal diseases, splenectomy, and transplantation were strongly associated with an increased risk for invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children, according to the results of a case-control study reported in "Pediatrics".
Medscape - Fri, 4 July 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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Neurology
A low level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in middle age is associated with poor memory, and could lead to dementia later in life.
Medscape - Fri, 4 July 2008
http://www.medscape.com
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Oncology
Scientists have discovered a non-invasive, safe way to monitor lung cancer patients, though more work is needed before it's available for use in a large clinical trial.
American Cancer Society - Fri, 4 July 2008
http://www.cancer.org/
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Infectious Diseases
Nearly 30 years ago, scientists studying the Norwalk virus – a virulent intestinal bug – found that as many as 20 percent of individuals exposed to it resisted infection. Later, they determined that the resistance resulted from specific factors in their blood that determined blood type.
Baylor College of Medicine - Fri, 4 July 2008
http://www.bcm.edu
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Infectious Diseases
People in low-resource countries who are ill with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) will get a faster diagnosis thanks to two new initiatives unveiled today by WHO, the Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND): test results will be available in two days, compared to the standard two to three months later.
World Health Organization - Fri, 4 July 2008
http://www.who.int