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Discrimination can be a threat to health, according to a new study that included both blacks and whites. The analysis of 2004 data from the ongoing U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System project found that about 18 percent of blacks and 4 percent of whites reported emotional and physical distress caused by discriminatory treatment.
Medline Plus (Medicina generale) - Mar, 31 Gennaio 2012
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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 (Medicina generale) - Mar, 31 Gennaio 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 (Medicina generale) - Mar, 24 Gennaio 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 (Medicina generale) - Mar, 24 Gennaio 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 (Medicina generale) - Mar, 10 Gennaio 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 (Medicina generale) - Lun, 9 Gennaio 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 (Medicina generale) - Mar, 13 Dicembre 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 (Medicina generale) - Mar, 6 Dicembre 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 (Medicina generale) - Lun, 28 Novembre 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 (Medicina generale) - Lun, 21 Novembre 2011
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