April 2007 - AudioMedica.com

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Monthly Archive: April 2007

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- in Public Health
- — 21 Apr, 2007
Audio Journal of Global Health Issues: Drug Eluting Stents, PFO Closure: Indications Not Obvious
MARK REISMAN, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
REFERENCE: ABSTRACT ACP Internal Medicine 2007, ERA 002
Drug eluting stents may not always be the automatic choice over the bare metal variety for patients requiring intervention, despite the important clinical advantages that have
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- in Public Health
- — 20 Apr, 2007
Audio Journal of Global Health Issues: Patient Power Best to Manage Diabetes
HILARY SELIGMAN, University of California, San Francisco
REFERENCE: ABSTRACT Press Release, San Diego ACP 2007
Doctors can best help their patients with diabetes by taking particular care to put management into the hands of the patients themselves, rather than asking
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- in Public Health
- — 19 Apr, 2007
Study on Longevity Genes And Aging Raises Prospects for Therapy
NIR BARZILAI, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
REFERENCE: ABSTRACT ERA 001 ACP 2007, San Diego
The prospect of modulating the activity of “longevity genes” to extend life was held out at a special session of the ACP Internal
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- in London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · Public Health
- — 18 Apr, 2007
Rural to Urban Migration: Cardiovascular Health Risks Assessed in Lima, Peru
JAIME MIRANDA, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Peru
The consequences of migration from rural to urban areas in Peru has provided an opportunity for studying the impact of a radically altered lifestyle and diet upon health. Jaime Miranda
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- in Public Health
- — 15 Apr, 2007
Once-And-For-All TB Assay Brings Cheap, Sensitive, Specific, Seven-Day Diagnosis and Drug-Susceptibility Testing
DAVID MOORE, Imperial College, London and Lima
REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 355: 1539-50
A new test for TB, trialled in Peru, has proved more powerful and yet faster and cheaper than alternatives, making it especially suitable for use in
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- in ASCO · Oncology
- — 15 Apr, 2007
Audio Journal of Oncology in Advance – April 15th, 2007 – Bisphosphonates Recommended for Lung Cancer Bone Metastases
PETER HARPER, Guyâ€™s Hospital, London
REFERENCE: â€œManagement of Tumour and Treatment Related Symptomsâ€ section, Perspectives in Lung Cancer, Seville
Bisphosphonates may be more suited for improving the outlook among patients with lung cancer who have bone metastases compared to palliative
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 6 Apr, 2007
Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: “COURAGE” Trial Assessed: New Guidelines for Patients with Stable Coronary Disease?
HARVEY WHITE, Auckland City Hospital
REFERENCE: ACC 2007 & N Engl J Med 356: March 2007
The finding from the COURAGE trial: that angioplasty adds no benefits to optimal medical therapy alone for patients with stable coronary disease, should
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- in ASCO · Oncology
- — 2 Apr, 2007
Audio Journal of Oncology in Advance – April 1st, 2007 – reporting From: Journal of Clinical Oncology, January 20th, 2007 & December 20, 2006

George Canellos

Robert Motzer
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Better Survival With Colorectal Cancer
REFERENCE: J Clin Oncol 24:5680-5686
GEORGE CANELLOS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
Using postmenopausal estrogen replacement before the diagnosis of colorectal cancer was associated with better cancer-specific and
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