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Medicina generale
A decision by the Italian Constitutional Court last week has provoked debate in Italy about the restrictive law on assisted reproduction, which was approved in 2004. The law limits in vitro fertilisation procedures to sterile couples and bans pre-implantation diagnosis and embryo freezing except in exceptional circumstances.
British Medical Journal - Ven, 3 Novembre 2006
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Neurologia
A large study is examining the effectiveness of combination therapy in multiple sclerosis treatment.
MayoClinic.com - Ven, 3 Novembre 2006
http://www.mayoclinic.com
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Medicina interna
The description of the flow directed pulmonary artery catheter in 1970 and its subsequent commercial development allowed clinicians to measure cardiac output and derive central haemodynamic parameters at the bedside.
British Medical Journal - Ven, 3 Novembre 2006
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Gastroenterologia
According to epidemiological studies, there is a relationship between gastric cancer and Helicobacter Pylori infection.
MedNews - Ven, 3 Novembre 2006
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Medicina generale
Since obesity surgery is gaining ground more and more, it is necessary to verify what are in reality its complications, which could have been up to now underestimated.
MedNews - Ven, 3 Novembre 2006
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Urologia
In case of need of vesical catheterization, external catheters, too, are available, next to traditional internal catheters.
MedNews - Ven, 3 Novembre 2006
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Medicina generale
Un Accordo Stato-Regioni per disciplinare il periodo transitorio, un provvedimento anche urgente per ridefinire i ruoli di ciascun protagonista all’interno di un disegno unitario, senza escludere una proroga della fase sperimentale. Queste le proposte del Ministro della Salute Livia Turco sul futuro del programma nazionale di Educazione continua in medicina, contenute in una lettera al coordinatore degli assessori regionali alla sanità e assessore al Diritto alla salute della Toscana Enrico Rossi.
Ministero della Salute - Ven, 3 Novembre 2006
http://www.ministerosalute.it
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Cardiologia
Objective of the study is to evaluate the association between initiation of statin therapy and risks for death and hospitalization among adults with chronic heart failure.
Journal of the American Medical Association - Gio, 2 Novembre 2006
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Oncologia
The largest study on colonoscopic screening to date has found that testing should vary between genders with men being screened before the age of 50 years.
Medscape - Gio, 2 Novembre 2006
http://www.medscape.com
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Oncologia
In a large, national program of colorectal-cancer screening in Poland, men were about twice as likely as women to have advanced neoplasia detected on colonoscopy. The yield of colonoscopy among men 40 to 49 years of age was similar to that among women 55 to 59 years of age (in these differing age groups, one advanced neoplasia detected for every 23 men and 22 women screened).
New England Journal of Medicine - Gio, 2 Novembre 2006
http://www.nejm.org