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
REFERENCE: ABSTRACT: 5671, American Association for Cancer Research, April 14-18, 2007, Los Angeles PIERRE LAURENT-PUIG, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris COMMENT: BILL HAIT, Johnson & Johnson, Raritan, NJ The presence of the KRAS mutation in tumor
Increased Miscarriage Risk in Women with Low Body Mass Index
REFERENCE: BJOG 2007 114:170 PAT DOYLE, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Underweight women with a BMI below 18.5 have a 70 per cent increase in their
REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 357: 443-53 NILESH SAMANI, University of Leicester UK Previously unrecognised DNA segments in human genes have been found to significantly increase the risk of coronary artery disease. That’s according to a publication
REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 355: 1539-50 DAVID MOORE, Imperial College, London and Lima A new test for TB (reported in the New England Journal of Medicine) has proved more powerful, faster and yet
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
PLoS Med 4(7):e238. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040238 SIMON LEWIN, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine A new systematic review has shown that we don’t understand well enough the reasons for poor adherence to tuberculosis medication. Simon
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
REFERENCE: Lancet 2007; 370: 389-97 LUDWIG KAPPOS, University Hospital, Basel Earlier treatment can reduce the risk of confirmed disability in patients with multiple sclerosis, according to a new study published in the Lancet. Three-year follow-up of the BENEFIT
REFERENCE: O-149 SHERMAN SILBER, St Luke’s Hospital, St Louis MO A study from Missouri has shown that transplanting intact ovaries using microvascular surgical techniques is superior in the long term for restoring or preserving fertility to the simpler
REFERENCE: O-148 SAAD AMER, The Derby Medical School, Nottingham University More reassurance about the use of clomifene for treating anovulatory women with polycystic ovarian syndrome has emerged from a randomised study from Nottingham reported to the fertility conference
REFERENCE: O-004 KERSTI LUNDIN, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden The same birth rates following in-vitro fertilisation can be achieved with single embryo transfer as with double transfer, according to the findings of a study from Sweden. A
