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Neurologia
Middle-aged adults with a high body mass index (BMI) have lower cognitive function test scores than their lighter counterparts with low BMI, a new study has found.
Medscape - Mar, 10 Ottobre 2006
http://www.medscape.com
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Infettivologia
States that easily permit parents to opt out of vaccinating their children for nonmedical reasons are at increased risk of pertussis (whooping cough).
Johns Hopkins Hospital - Mar, 10 Ottobre 2006
http://www.hopkinshospital.org
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Diabetologia
A diet high in whole grains and other sources of magnesium helped reduce risk for type 2 diabetes in US black women, according to the results of a prospective cohort study reported in the October issue of Diabetes Care
Medscape - Lun, 9 Ottobre 2006
http://www.medscape.com
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Psichiatria
In one of the largest studies ever done on patients with schizophrenia, first- and second-generation antipsychotics both worked comparatively well.
Medscape - Lun, 9 Ottobre 2006
http://www.medscape.com
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Psichiatria
The World Health Organization (WHO) supports the World Federation for Mental Health's World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2006, which focuses this year on 'Building Awareness - Reducing Risk: Mental Illness and Suicide'.
World Health Organization - Lun, 9 Ottobre 2006
http://www.who.int
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Oncologia
The European Union has granted a licence for a vaccine against the HPV, or Human Papilloma Virus that triggers cervical cancer. The drug prompts the body to produce high levels of antibodies
EuroNews - Gio, 5 Ottobre 2006
http://www.euronews.fr
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Radiologia
A new kind of x-ray, called the EBCT scan, that could help people in their 40s and 50s detect whether they will have heart problems in later life has been developed.
EuroNews - Mar, 3 Ottobre 2006
http://www.euronews.fr