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Non Drug Intervention: Better Than Antipsychotic Drugs for Aggressive Challenging Behaviour in Intellectual Disability+

4th January 2008

Peter Tyrer

REFERENCE: Lancet 371:57 January 5, 2008
PETER TYRER, Imperial College, W6 8RP London
A randomized study comparing treatment with risperidone, or haloperidol, or placebo to treat patients who have intellectual disability presenting with a syndrome commonly labelled as

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New Drug RAD001 Plus Letrozole In Neoadjuvant Therapy For Breast Cancer+

15th December 2007

Jose Baselga

JOSE BASELGA, Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona
RAD001, a drug targeted at the mTor pathway, has been combined with letrozole in a randomised phase II trial in breast cancer. The investigators saw more responses in the experimental arm, and

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New Drug AMG 531 Effective in Splenectomized Patients with Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura+

9th December 2007

Terry Gernsheimer

TERRY GERNSHEIMER, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
An investigational drug AMG 531 has increased and sustained platelet counts in splenectomized patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura or ITP. This was in a placebo controlled phase III trial

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Long Term Outcomes of Drug Eluting and Bare Metal Stents in Patients Undergoing PCI+

5th November 2007

Laura Mauri
raymond gibbons Long Term Outcomes of Drug Eluting and Bare Metal Stents in Patients Undergoing PCI

Raymond Gibbons

REFERENCE: Late Breaking Special Session, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
LAURA MAURI, Brigham and Woman’s Hospital, Boston Massachusetts
COMMENT: RAYMOND GIBBONS, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
The largest study to date looking

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Stable Angina: Add PCI To Medical Therapy If Guided by SPECT-Detected Ischemia? COURAGE Nuclear Sub-Study Results+

5th November 2007

Leslee Shaw
daniel jones Stable Angina: Add PCI To Medical Therapy If Guided by SPECT Detected Ischemia? COURAGE Nuclear Sub Study Results

Daniel Jones

REFERENCE: Abstract: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 1, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
LESLEE SHAW, Emory University, Atlanta
COMMENT: DANIEL JONES, AHA President, University of Mississippi, Jackson
Some patients with stable

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News Review, August 31st, 2007+

31st August 2007

Philippe Mayaud

Herpes Simplex Therapy Reduces HIV Activity in Co-Infected Patients

REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 356: 790-9
PHILIPPE MAYAUD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
It is possible to reduce HIV activity in patients who are co-infected

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Virus Plus Cytokine Fight Primary and Metastatic Cancer+

15th August 2007

Paul Fisher

REFERENCE: Meet the Professor Session, AACR 2007, Los Angeles
PAUL FISHER, Columbia University, New York
Patients with cancer could soon be treated with adenoviruses capable of infecting both primary and distant tumors, and simultaneously releasing cancer-fighting cytokines, according

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Audio Journal of Global Health Issues: Counterfeit Anti-Infective Drugs: A Huge Problem, Often Overlooked+

19th September 2006

PAUL NEWTON, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Oxford

REFERENCE: Lancet Infect Dis 2006; 6:602-13
No one knows the exact proportion of anti-infective drugs in the developing world which are not genuine, but even a conservative estimate tells us …

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