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Topics of the latest edition of the Medical Web Radio include: 1 - Sex is safe for most patients with cardiovascular diseases; 2 - Heart attack rates in the UK dropped by 50 percent in last decade; 3 - Early-life cognitive activity prevents the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease; 4 - Iodinated agents used in imaging studies can cause thyroid dysfunction; 5 - Drug used for enlarged prostate slows prostate cancer progression; 6 - High-risk gene associated with oesophageal cancer in a rare inherited syndrome; 7 - Perfluorinated compounds lower children's response to routine immunization.
md-fm.com (General medicine) - Tue, 31 January 2012
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Topics of the latest edition of the Medical Web Radio include: 1 - New agent bridges patients with stents and ACS to cardiac surgery; 2 - Daily aspirin not recommended for primary prevention; 3 - Monitoring subclinical atrial fibrillation to predict strokes; 4 - First study showing HIV-1 sexual transmission risk depends mainly on viral load; 5 - Breakthrough in prevention of serogroup B meningococcal disease; 6 - Bone-density testing interval and transition to osteoporosis; 7 - Roux-en-Y leads to quicker weight loss than gastric banding
md-fm.com (General medicine) - Tue, 24 January 2012
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The European Medicines Agency has recommended the suspension of all marketing authorisations for meprobamate-containing medicines for oral use in the European Union, because their risks, particularly the risk of serious side effects affecting the nervous system, are greater than their benefits.
EMA - European Medicines Agency (General medicine) - Tue, 24 January 2012
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Topics of holyday issue of the Medical Web Radio include:
1 - Researchers identify gene mutation for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia;
2 - Gene therapy for hemophilia B effective in early trials;
3 - Women report numerous side-effects from breast cancer drugs;
4 - Drinking alcohol associated with having unsafe sex;
5 - Many stillbirths linked to obstetric complications;
6 - Yoga and conventional stretching exercises relieve chronic low back pain;
7 - Drugs may worsen symptoms of nocturnal leg cramps.
md-fm.com (General medicine) - Tue, 10 January 2012
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Topics of this weekly Medical Web Radio include:
1 - Measuring changes in resting heart rate could help identify pre-morbid cardiac conditions in healthy individuals;
2 - A low-molecular-weight heparin treatment did NOT reduce mortality in severely ill hospitalized patients;
3 - Each extra month of an antihypertensive therapy added an extra day in life expectancy for patients with isolated systolic hypertension;
4 - High caloric content is a more important factor in weight gain than protein composition of diet;
5 - Deep brain stimulation might be the next-generation solution for patients with major depression;
6 - After chemotherapy, bevacizumab increased survival rates in patients with ovarian cancer;
7 - Epigenetic causes of schizophrenia suggest new treatment approach.
md-fm.com (General medicine) - Mon, 9 January 2012
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This week, topics of Medical Web Radio includes: 1 - Cortical lesions in early MS patients; 2 - BRCA1/BRCA2 and the relative risk of breast cancer; 3 - Modern treatments reduce breast cancer mortality by 1/3; 4 - Defining remission in rheumatoid arthritis; 5 - Post-partum psychosis - a marker of bipolarity; 6 - Barrett's Esophagus, NSAIDs and Statins; 7 - Antenatal corticosteroids for very pre-term births.
md-fm.com (General medicine) - Tue, 13 December 2011
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Topics of the latest weekly editions of the Medical Web Radio include:
1 - In patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, the HbA1c target should be below 7%; 2 - Darbepoetin alfa increases stroke risks in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease; 3 - Eradicating H. Pylori in patients with functional dyspepsia improves symptoms; 4 - Psychotropic drugs increase risk of sudden cardiac death; 5 - Sparing chemotherapy after hydatidiform mole evacuation; 6 - Behavioral interventions stimulate weight-loss in obese patients; 7 - World AIDS Day - update on HIV
md-fm.com (General medicine) - Tue, 6 December 2011
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Weekly topics of the Medical Web Radio include:
1 - new genetic recombinations triggering breast cancer identified; 2 - Bevacizumab no longer approved to treat breast cancer in the US; 3 - higher sodium consumption than thought linked to higher CV events; 4 - long-term safety and efficacy of statins demonstrated; 5 - overweight teens consume more drugs; 6 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease and 9/11 terrorist attacks on World Trade Center; 7 - promising new drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
md-fm.com (General medicine) - Mon, 28 November 2011
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Topics of the latest edition of the Medical Web Radio include:
1 - Rivaroxaban -- a new advance in patients with heart attack; 2 - A promising new agent to increase high-risk patients' good cholesterol levels: 3 - Cardiac stem cells combat heart failure
The lungs --the off-joint site where rheumatoid arthritis inflammation begins; 4 - Birth-cohort screening of hepatitis C is highly cost-effective; 5 - Early intensive insulin treatment reduces long-term complications in type 1 diabetes patients; 6 - Yoga effectively relieves chronic lower back pain.
md-fm.com (General medicine) - Mon, 21 November 2011
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Topics of this week Medical Web Radio include:
1 - TNF-α Antagonists don't Increase Serious Infections in Second Line Tretment of Autoimmune Diseases; 2 - TNF-α Antagonists also Reduce the High Cardiovascular Risks of RA Patients; 3 - Fewer Joint Replacement Surgeries in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients since TNF-α Antagonists are available; 4 - Liver Transplantation Could be performed Earlier for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis; 5 - Better Management of Asthma Treatment in Children; 6 - Covert Awareness in Coma Patients; 7 - Methamphetamine Use linked to Higher Risks of Schizophrenia.
md-fm.com (General medicine) - Tue, 15 November 2011
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