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Bacterial resistance to antibiotics, which find their source for growth in the unjustified use of these drugs, is a more and more urgent problem in infectious diseases.
MedNews (Pneumology) - Tue, 9 March 2010
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Acute lung injury (ALI) is a common, lethal, and complex syndrome. Estimates of attributable mortality from ALI or its more severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in the United States place it above asthma and human immunodeficiency virus infection as a cause of death.
Journal of the American Medical Association (Pneumology) - Tue, 9 March 2010
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According to observational trials, it was suggested that statins are not only capable to lower plasmatic lipids and to prevent cardiovascular diseases, but also to have a protective action towards pulmonary respiratory infections and towards other infections in general. In this population, case-control trial, the hypothesis that the continuous use of statins can in effects decrease community-acquired pneumonias among healthy and immunocompetent adults, living in the State of Washington and being between 64 and 95, was verified.
MedNews (Pneumology) - Mon, 1 February 2010
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A strategy to halve the number of smokers in England over the next 10 years is unveiled by the government.
BBC News (Pneumology) - Mon, 1 February 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk
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The association between sleep disorders in general (above all obstructive sleep apneas syndrome) and hypertension is well known, while there is still a pathogenetic doubt on the role of obesity in these situ-ations. So, some researchers have examined the data from a multicentric trial published in 2000, where about 2500 subjects being averagely 60, with no hypertension and no sleep disorders, underwent poly-somnography with the calculation of apnea-hypopnea index.
MedNews (Pneumology) - Fri, 15 January 2010
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On June 22, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. This landmark legislation, which passed the House by a vote of 307 to 97 and the Senate 79 to 17, grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extensive authority to regulate tobacco products. In signing the law, Obama underscored the importance of radically limiting the tobacco industry's capacity to market its products to young people. "The kids today don't just start smoking for no reason," he said.
New England Journal of Medicine (Pneumology) - Fri, 15 January 2010
http://www.nejm.org
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The answers to this question, and more questions on this topic, are available from www.onexamination.com/endgames until midnight on Wednesday.
This week’s quiz is on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is taken from the OnExamination revision questions for the MRCP parts 1 and 2 exams.
Which one of the following statements is true of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
British Medical Journal (Pneumology) - Fri, 15 January 2010
http://www.bmjjournals.com
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A variant of the gene encoding the MMP12 protein is associated with increased lung function in children with asthma and in adult smokers. It is also associated with a decreased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by 35 percent in adult smokers, according to an international study published in New England Journal of Medicine.
Karolinska Institutet (Pneumology) - Thu, 17 December 2009
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About 5.4% of the world's population was covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws in 2008, up from 3.1% in 2007, WHO stated today in its second report on the global tobacco epidemic. This means that 154 million more people are no longer exposed to the harms of tobacco smoke in work places, restaurants, bars and other indoor public places.
World Health Organization (Pneumology) - Fri, 11 December 2009
http://www.who.int
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For obese men, a dramatic weight loss can be an effective way to improve moderate to severe sleep apnoea, scientists at Karolinska Institutet report. Those with severe sleep apnoea when the study began benefited most from weight loss.
Karolinska Institutet (Pneumology) - Fri, 4 December 2009
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