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Gastroenterology
In Summer 2008, a trial was performed at the Mayo Clinic on intestinal perforations during colonoscopy. Now, a Canadian team has studied the frequency of intestinal bleedings and perforations on outpatients undergoing colonoscopy in 2002 and 2003.
MedNews - Fri, 29 May 2009
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Internal medicine
The repercussion of alcohol abuse on pharmacological therapies in general has not been deeply studied yet, so a retrospective trial has been performed using the data of the large Veterans Affairs database, taking clinical information of about 20,000 patients treated with statins, anti-hypertensive drugs and oral glucose-lowering drugs.
MedNews - Fri, 29 May 2009
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Pediatrics
There are still some doubts on the use of milk thickened with the use of cereal powders in order to contrast reflux in infants: some trials have shown the validity of this process, others have denied it.
MedNews - Fri, 29 May 2009
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Cardiology
When we speak of a “refreshing” sleep, we normally refer to an eight-hour time. Some researchers in Japan wanted to verify whether the decrease in this amount of sleep has a negative effect on body, in particular as to cardiovascular system and its diseases (ischemic heart disease, stroke, infarction, sudden death).
MedNews - Fri, 29 May 2009
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Diabetology
In the recent ACCORD and ADVANCE trials it was seen that intensive therapy of type 2 diabetes is not associated with a decrease in severe cardiovascular events (death, infarction and stroke) in diabetics with organ impairment or cardiovascular risk factors.
MedNews - Fri, 29 May 2009
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
New research reveals how specialist pre-pregnancy preparation for women and their partners is no different from the standard classes offered at antenatal clinics.
Karolinska Institutet - Fri, 29 May 2009
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Genetics e Rare diseases
New treatments for the devastating Parkinson's disease and ALS are in clinical studies in Sweden, thanks to breaking new stem cell research. This news was presented today by Dr Jonas Frisén, Professor of stem cell research at Karolinska Institutet, at the world's largest biotech convention, BIO 2009 in Atlanta.
Karolinska Institutet - Fri, 29 May 2009
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Cardiology
One of the most important ways of preventing neurological disability and life-threatening complications in the event of stroke is to make sure patients receive adequate care within the first few hours of onset. Because of this, the general public must be made more aware of the typical symptoms of stroke, say several leading stroke researchers at the ongoing 2009 European Stroke Conference in Stockholm.
Karolinska Institutet - Fri, 29 May 2009
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Oncology
In the past four decades, the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has increased by 500%, paralleled by a similar increase in the rate of death associated with this often fatal disease.
New England Journal of Medicine - Fri, 29 May 2009
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Hematology
The myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative disorders, and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are seemingly unrelated diseases except for their origin in hematopoietic precursor cells in bone marrow.
New England Journal of Medicine - Fri, 29 May 2009
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