February 2007 - AudioMedica.com

Monthly Archive: February 2007

- in Public Health
- — 28 Feb, 2007
Growth Hormone Releasing Factor Analog: Slimming Aid for Patients Receiving HAART?
STEVEN GRINSPOON, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
COMMENT: JUDITH CURRIER, University of California, Los Angeles
REFERENCE: 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Los Angeles February 25-28, 2007
Daily administration of an analog of growth hormone releasing factor to HIV patients
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- in London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Public Health
- — 21 Feb, 2007
Herpes Simplex Therapy Reduces HIV Activity in Co-Infected Patients
PHILIPPE MAYAUD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 356: 790-9
In patients who are infected with both HIV and herpes simplex type 2 the activity of the AIDS virus may be diminished
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ASCO Audio Journal of Oncology in Advance – February 15th, 2007 – reporting from San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 13-17, 2007

in ASCO · Oncology
— 16 Feb, 2007

ASCO Audio Journal of Oncology in Advance – February 15th, 2007 – reporting from San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 13-17, 2007

Rachel Johnson

Terry Mamounas

William Gradishar

William Gradishar

Withhold Trastuzumab in Low-Risk Patients with HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer?

REFERENCE: Abstract: 2090
RACHEL JOHNSON, Christie Hospital, Manchester
Some patients with HER-2 positive early breast cancer fare better if trastuzumab is withheld, according to

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Thrombectomy For Acute Stroke: Results of the Multi MERCI Trial

in Cardiovascular
— 10 Feb, 2007

Thrombectomy For Acute Stroke: Results of the Multi MERCI Trial

WADE SMITH, University of California, San Francisco

REFERENCE: Abstract No. LB5
Mechanical removal of the clot that’s causing an acute stroke is showing promising early signs, and is safe. The first of a new generation of the MERCI (Mechanical Embolus

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- in Cardiovascular
- — 10 Feb, 2007
GIST Trial: Treating Glucose Levels Acutely Doesn’t Help Survival, but Does Cause Hypotension
CHRISTOPHER GRAY, University of Newcastle
REFERENCE: Abstract No. LB2
Treating high blood sugar in the acute phases of stroke doesn’t reduce risk of death or severe disability, the GIST – UK (Glucose Insulin in Stroke Trial) has found. This is
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 9 Feb, 2007
“NIHSS-Plus”: Improvement on National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale?
REBECCA GOTTESMAN, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
REFERENCE: Abstract 456
Two simple bedside tests could be added to the NIHSS to make it more accurate, researchers claim. The team from Johns Hopkins University evaluated a range of cognitive tests for stroke
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 9 Feb, 2007
Transthoracic Echo: A Wasted Test in Stroke Patients?
NICOLE PAGEAU, Trillium Health Centre, Ontario
REFERENCE: Abstract 434
Stroke patients may be going through pointless tests, according to a poster presented by researchers at the Trillium Health Centre in Ottawa. The Stroke clinic there looked at whether routinely ordered
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 9 Feb, 2007
The Wingspan Stent: Safe Intra-Cranial Angioplasty?
FELIPE ALBUQUERQUE, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix
REFERENCE: Abstract 102
The Wingspan stent is a new approach to keeping open the atherosclerotic intracranial vessels of stroke and TIA patients. Early results presented to the San Francisco Conference suggest that it doesn’t
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 8 Feb, 2007
MRI Scans Expand Therapeutic Window for Thrombolysis in Stroke
PETER SCHELLINGER, University Clinic of Erlangen, Germany
REFERENCE: Abstract 2
MRI scanning could make it possible to treat stroke patients safely and effectively with thrombolytics such as tPA beyond the recommended 3 hour window. The International Stroke Conference heard analysis
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 8 Feb, 2007
Aggressive Statin Therapy: Better than Endarterectomy for Patients with Carotid Stenosis?
HENRIK SILLESEN, University of Copenhagen
REFERENCE: Abstract No. 17
Patients with carotid artery stenosis run much lower risks of further events if treated aggressively with a statin, according to a study reported at the International Stroke Conference in San Francisco
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- in Public Health
- — 7 Feb, 2007
The Genetics of Obesity: Genetic Mutation, Possible Marker for Obesity?
SADAF FAROOQI, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge UK
REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 356:237-47
Gene defects and mutations could be markers for early onset obesity. This is according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine which
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- in Public Health
- — 7 Feb, 2007
Folic Acid Supplement Improves Cognitive Function in Older Adults: FACIT Trial
JANE DURGA, Nestlé Research Centre, Lausanne
REFERENCE: Lancet 2007; 369:208
A trial that randomised older adults to receive a folic acid supplement or placebo has shown that folic acid can significantly improve cognitive performance in older individuals. Jane Durga
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