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Rheumatology
Women may suffer more from rheumatoid arthritis than men, findings suggest.
BBC News - Fri, 16 January 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk
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Infectious Diseases
A treatment to improve a premature baby's chance of fighting infection does not work, a UK study suggests.
BBC News - Fri, 16 January 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk
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Hepatology
A simple surgical checklist can lower the incidence of deaths and complications after surgery by one third, according to research published by the World Health Organization.
British Medical Journal - Fri, 16 January 2009
http://www.bmjjournals.com
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General medicine
GPs should prepare now for how they would manage working with neighbouring practices in the event of a flu pandemic, in which the average surgery would see about 190 extra patients with the illness each week, a new report says.
British Medical Journal - Fri, 16 January 2009
http://www.bmjjournals.com
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Pneumology
Susan Craig's brother Roger died of a pulmonary embolism in 2007, at age 38. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder in high school, he had been on antipsychotic drugs for years. At the time of his death, he was carrying 280 pounds on his 6-foot-4-inch frame.
CNN.com - Fri, 16 January 2009
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Dermatology
Hyperleptinemia is associated with psoriasis independent of female sex and other conventional cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity and metabolic syndrome. Hyperleptinemia in psoriasis may contribute to metabolic syndrome.
Archives of Dermatology - Fri, 16 January 2009
http://archderm.ama-assn.org/
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Infectious Diseases
The latest figures on global prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2) show that 536 million people worldwide are infected by the virus.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Fri, 16 January 2009
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf
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Neurology
The conception by René Descartes of the human brain, notorious as it is for placing the soul or mind in the pineal gland, had yet within it the basic idea of the brain as a highly organized mechanism with topographical sensory mapping and different functions localized in specific areas.
Archives of Ophthalmology - Fri, 16 January 2009
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Alternative medicine
In March 2008, National Public Radio featured a story about a "medical breakthrough." It focused on a girl from the United States with congenital bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia who went to China to receive experimental intravenous injections of embryonic umbilical cord stem cells for a cost of more than $20 000.
Archives of Ophthalmology - Fri, 16 January 2009
http://archopht.ama-assn.org/
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Cardiology
In 2002, the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (now known as the European Medicines Agency; EMEA) belatedly accepted the evidence of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke trial in 1995, which was supported by meta-analysis of all other randomised trial evidence, and approved the use of alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke.
The Lancet Neurology - Fri, 16 January 2009
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur