medicine

Obesity, Car Travel, Climate Change: Linked?+

11th June 2008
Phil Edwards
phil edwards Obesity, Car Travel, Climate Change: Linked?
Phil Edwards

Phil Edwards, London School of Hyugiene and Tropical Medicine
LSHTM Audio News
Obesity Linked to Motor Transport And Climate Change
Peter Goodwin questions Phil Edwards of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about “competition between stomachs

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Blind For Blindness: Preventing Childhood Blindness+

28th May 2008
hessom puneet claire gilbert Blind For Blindness: Preventing Childhood Blindness
Hessom Razavi, Puneet Sayal, Claire Gilbert

Hessom Razavi, Puneet Sayal, Claire Gilbert, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Eye doctor Hessom Razavi volunteered to go about his usual studies at the London School blindfold for 24 hours to

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Audio Journal of Medicine+

20th May 2008
IACAPAP, Istanbul April 30-May 3, 2008
istanbul Audio Journal of Medicine

In this edition:

1. Training In Depression And Suicide: Need For Change?

Stan Kutcher, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia

2. Suicide Paradox Explained: Australian National Strategy

Barry Nurcombe, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth

3. Methylphenidate in the Real World

Manfred …

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Tropical Health Research: London Scientist Honored+

29th April 2008
Brian Greenwood
brian greenwood Tropical Health Research: London Scientist Honored
Brian Greenwood

Brian Greenwood, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Brian Greenwood has won the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize for his numerous achievements in tropical disease research. He talked with Derek Thorne about his work, including the pivotal

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Risks From Stopping Cancer Trials Early!+

9th April 2008
Giovanni Apolone
giovanni apolone Risks From Stopping Cancer Trials Early!
Giovanni Apolone

In this edition of Audio News, presented by Peter Goodwin, Giovanni Apolone (Mario Negri Institute, Milan) and Stuart Pocock (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), talk about:

Risks From Stopping Cancer Trials Early!
- A report from

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News – Europe’s Surge Against Cancer+

7th February 2008
Michel Coleman
coleman michel London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News Europes Surge Against Cancer
Michel Coleman

Michel Coleman (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) explains how cancer will become a new priority in the EU.

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

4th January 2008
Peter Tyrer
peter tyrer Non Drug Intervention: Better Than Antipsychotic Drugs for Aggressive Challenging Behaviour in Intellectual Disability
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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ATAC Trial: Anastrozole Still Superior At Over Eight Years’ Follow Up+

15th December 2007
Jack Cuzick
jack cuzick ATAC Trial: Anastrozole Still Superior At Over Eight Years’ Follow Up
Jack Cuzick

JACK CUZICK, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, London
New data from the ATAC trial, which is testing anastrozole and tamoxifen in early breast cancer, have demonstrated the continued superiority of the aromatase inhibitor. Among other things, the data

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Nosocomial Clostridrium Difficile: Reduce by Cleaning with Household Bleach+

19th September 2007
donna hacek Nosocomial Clostridrium Difficile: Reduce by Cleaning with Household Bleach
Donna Hacek

REFERENCE: Slide Session 42 K-608, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
DONNA HACEK, Evanston Hospital, Evanston Illinois
Thorough, all surface bleach cleaning helps to achieve a significant and sustained reduction in nosocomial

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

31st August 2007
philippe mayaud London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News Review, August 31st, 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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Vaginal Progesterone Reduced Risk of Preterm Birth in Women with Short Cervix+

23rd August 2007
Kypros Nicolaides
kypros nicolaides Vaginal Progesterone Reduced Risk of Preterm Birth in Women with Short Cervix
Kypros Nicolaides

REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 357: 426-9
KYPROS NICOLAIDES, Kings College Hospital, London
The risk of giving birth prematurely was reduced among pregnant women with short cervices by treatment with vaginally administered progesterone: whether or not they

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GnRH Antagonist Protects Ovarian Function During Chemotherapy+

2nd August 2007

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Kate Stern

REFERENCE: O-144
KATE STERN, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne
A potential new way of preserving ovarian function during chemotherapy for cancer could be treatment with an antagonist of gonadotropin-releasing hormone: GnRH. A pilot study from Melbourne looked at

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