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Monthly Archive: January 2007

- in London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Public Health
- — 26 Jan, 2007
Miscarriage Risk in Women with Low Body Mass Index
PAT DOYLE, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
REFERENCE: BJOG 2007 114:170
Underweight women were found to be at increased risk of miscarriage in a study published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. A team from
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- in Public Health
- — 19 Jan, 2007
Three-Class Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Not Appropriate: Results from the FIRST Study
RODGER MACARTHUR, Wayne State University, Detroit
REFERENCE: Lancet 2006; 368: 2125-35
A three-class HIV antiretroviral therapy is not necessary, according to data published in the Lancet. The FIRST study had three arms which included non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs),
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 19 Jan, 2007
Telomere Length Predicts Coronary Heart Disease Risk and Statin Response
NILESH SAMANI, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester
REFERENCE: Lancet 2007; 369:107
A new genetic test could help predict which individuals will develop coronary heart disease among those with similar conventional risk factors. The length of the terminating structures of chromosomes, telomeres,
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- in London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Public Health
- — 17 Jan, 2007
Audio Journal of Global Health Issues: Microfinance Helps Cut Domestic Violence in Rural South Africa
CHARLOTTE WATTS, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
REFERENCE: Lancet 2006; 368: 1973-83
A large and groundbreaking study has shown that microfinance, combined with a gender and HIV training scheme, can help reduce domestic violence among poor women living
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- in AJO · Oncology
- — 17 Jan, 2007
Audio Journal of Oncology in Advance – January 15th, 2007 – HERA Study Results Confirm Trastuzumab Benefit in HER2 Positive Early Breast Cancer
IAN SMITH, Royal Marsden Hospital, London
REFERENCE: Lancet 369:29
Confirmation of the life-extending benefits of trastuzumab adjuvant therapy for early breast cancer has been published recently in the Lancet. Ian Smith gave Peter Goodwin three-year follow up results from
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- in General Medicine
- — 8 Jan, 2007
Audio Journal of Medicine: Circulating Markers Herald Onset of Preeclampsia
RICHARD LEVINE, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2006; 355:992
In pregnant women circulating levels of the anti-angiogenic substances: soluble endoglin and soluble Flt-1 herald the onset of preeclampsia, according to a publication in the
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in AJO · Oncology
— 2 Jan, 2007

Audio Journal of Oncology in Advance – January 1st, 2007 – Reporting from San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 14-17, 2006

Dennis Slamon

George Peoples

James Holland

Massimo Christofanilli

Trastuzumab: Mature Results in Early Breast Cancer Show Superiority

REFERENCE: San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2006, Abstract: 52
DENNIS SLAMON, University of California, Los Angeles
Adjuvant therapy regimens containing trastuzumab have proved

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Monthly Archive: January 2007

Miscarriage Risk in Women with Low Body Mass Index

Three-Class Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Not Appropriate: Results from the FIRST Study

Telomere Length Predicts Coronary Heart Disease Risk and Statin Response

Audio Journal of Global Health Issues: Microfinance Helps Cut Domestic Violence in Rural South Africa

Audio Journal of Oncology in Advance – January 15th, 2007 – HERA Study Results Confirm Trastuzumab Benefit in HER2 Positive Early Breast Cancer

Audio Journal of Medicine: Circulating Markers Herald Onset of Preeclampsia

Audio Journal of Oncology in Advance – January 1st, 2007 – Reporting from San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 14-17, 2006

Trastuzumab: Mature Results in Early Breast Cancer Show Superiority

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