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Nephrology
Little is known about whether health care providers implement preventive care for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI). The objectives of this prospective cohort study were to assess provider use of preventive strategies for CIAKI, to determine the incidence of CIAKI, and to examine the association of CIAKI with adverse outcomes at 30 days, including death, need for dialysis, and hospital admission.
Archives of Internal Medicine - Fri, 4 July 2008
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Neurology
Subtle, but clinically detectable, neurological abnormalities (SNAs) are associated with impaired physical performance in elderly persons without overt neurological diseases. The study investigated whether SNAs were prospectively associated with cognitive and functional status, death, and cerebrovascular events (CVEs) in older community-dwelling individuals.
Archives of Internal Medicine - Fri, 4 July 2008
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Allergology
Although asthma and allergy can develop at any point during an individual's life and for a variety of reasons, a number of factors during a woman's pregnancy and delivery might cause susceptibility in her offspring.
Journal of the American Medical Association - Fri, 4 July 2008
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Oncology
This phase 2 trial investigated the efficacy of motesanib diphosphate, an orally active inhibitor of VEGF receptors, in patients with advanced differentiated thyroid cancer.
New England Journal of Medicine - Fri, 4 July 2008
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Nephrology
This randomized, controlled trial compared standard renal-replacement therapy with more intensive therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury and failure of at least one nonrenal organ or sepsis.
New England Journal of Medicine - Fri, 4 July 2008
http://www.nejm.org
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Psychiatry
Geriatric depression has been associated with a heterogeneous neuropathology. Identifying both depressive state-related and disease-related alterations in brain regions associated with emotion and cognitive function could provide useful diagnostic information in geriatric depression.
American Journal of Psychiatry - Fri, 4 July 2008
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Infectious Diseases
he secret of how the cold sore virus manages to persist for a lifetime in the human body may have been cracked by US scientists.
BBC News - Fri, 4 July 2008
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Oncology
Adopting just a couple of elements of the Mediterranean diet could cut the risk of cancer by 12%, say scientists.
BBC News - Fri, 4 July 2008
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Oncology
A new care package — ‘Depression Care for People with Cancer’ (DCPC) — can reduce depression in cancer patients and is cost-effective in improving cancer patients’ quality of life when compared with current treatments.
The Lancet - Fri, 4 July 2008
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Coloproctology
Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel condition, has variable responses to drugs targeting tumour necrosis factor. Advances in treatment include a shift from immunosuppression to reinforcement of the intestinal barrier.
The Lancet - Fri, 4 July 2008
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