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  • Mandeep Mehra MD
    • in Infectious Disease · AJO · Cardiovascular · General Medicine · News · Oncology · Primary Health Care · Public Health · Video
    • — 28 May, 2020

    COVID-19 Co-Morbidity Risks Quantified from Three Continents Survey

    The interview was filmed in preparation for an article in Oncology Times
    @OncologyTimes

    BOSTON, MA—The risks of death from organ damage caused by COVID-19 infection have been quantified for each of a number of cardiovascular and other co-morbidities in an …

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    Audio Journal of Medicine
    • in General Medicine
    • — 20 May, 2008

    Audio Journal of Medicine

    IACAPAP, Istanbul April 30-May 3, 2008

    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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  • Debate: Adjuvant Chemotherapy Should Be Standard in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
    • in General Medicine
    • — 21 Mar, 2008

    Debate: Adjuvant Chemotherapy Should Be Standard in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Giorgio Scagliotti
    Giorgio Scagliotti
    Robert Pirker
    Robert Pirker

    GIORGIO SCAGLIOTTI, University of Turin
    ROBERT PIRKER, Medical University of Vienna
    A heated debate took place at the European Congress on Lung Cancer in Turin between Robert Pirker who is in favor of offering
    …
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    New Targets Bring Promise For Lung Cancer Therapy
    • in General Medicine
    • — 17 Mar, 2008

    New Targets Bring Promise For Lung Cancer Therapy

    Egbert Smit
    Egbert Smit

    EGBERT SMIT, Free University of Amsterdam
    There are a number of promising new molecular targets for lung cancer chemotherapy which were discussed at the Turin congress by Egbert Smit. He talked with Peter Goodwin about insulin-like
    …
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  • Target Angiogenesis for Lung Cancer With Multiple Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
    • in General Medicine
    • — 17 Mar, 2008

    Target Angiogenesis for Lung Cancer With Multiple Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

    Silvia Novello
    Silvia Novello

    SILVIA NOVELLO, University of Turin
    Future improvements in drug treatment of lung cancer may be made by inhibiting more than one tyrosine kinase simultaneously. So said Silvia Novello when she presented data on a range of drugs
    …
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    Radio-Labelled Antibodies: Big Benefits in Follicular Lymphoma?
    • in General Medicine
    • — 27 Feb, 2008

    Radio-Labelled Antibodies: Big Benefits in Follicular Lymphoma?

    Timothy Illidge
    Timothy Illidge

    Reporting From: 4th European Congress on Hematologic Malignancies, Paris 22-24 February, 2008
    TIMOTHY ILLIDGE, Christie Hospital, Manchester
    Radioconjugated antibodies are showing great promise for treating follicular lymphoma which has failed chemotherapy combined with rituximab. That’s according to Tim
    …
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  • Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes
    • in General Medicine
    • — 11 Jan, 2008

    Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes

    Colin Baigent
    Colin Baigent

    REFERENCE: Lancet 371:117 January 11, 2008
    COLIN BAIGENT, Oxford University
    Statins were found to cut cardiovascular event rates by a fifth among patients with both Type I and Type II diabetes in a meta-analysis of 18 000
    …
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    Non Drug Intervention: Better Than Antipsychotic Drugs for Aggressive Challenging Behaviour in Intellectual Disability
    • in General Medicine
    • — 4 Jan, 2008

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

    Peter Tyrer
    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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  • New Drug AMG 531 Effective in Splenectomized Patients with Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
    • in General Medicine
    • — 9 Dec, 2007

    New Drug AMG 531 Effective in Splenectomized Patients with Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

    Terry Gernsheimer
    Terry Gernsheimer

    TERRY GERNSHEIMER, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
    An investigational drug AMG 531 has increased and sustained platelet counts in splenectomized patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura or ITP. This was in a placebo controlled phase III trial
    …
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    Large Risk Reduction For Rivaroxaban In Blood Clot Prevention
    • in General Medicine
    • — 9 Dec, 2007

    Large Risk Reduction For Rivaroxaban In Blood Clot Prevention

    Bengt Eriksson
    Bengt Eriksson

    REFERENCE: Abstract 6, American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 8-11 2007, Atlanta
    BENGT ERIKSSON, Gothenburg University
    In a large phase III trial of patients having a hip replacement, the oral anticoagulant rivaroxaban has shown significant benefit when
    …
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  • Colistin Use Linked to Outbreak of Rare Hospital Infection
    • in General Medicine
    • — 23 Sep, 2007

    Colistin Use Linked to Outbreak of Rare Hospital Infection

    Ramon Guevara
    Ramon Guevara

    REFERENCE: Abstract K-1942, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
    RAMON GUEVARA, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
    A report on a hospital outbreak involving a rare pathogen, which was presented at
    …
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    Which HIV Treatment is Best for Patients with HIV and Hepatitis C?
    • in General Medicine
    • — 23 Sep, 2007

    Which HIV Treatment is Best for Patients with HIV and Hepatitis C?

    Juan Berenguer
    Juan Berenguer

    REFERENCE: Abstract V-1385, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
    JUAN BERENGUER, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid
    A retrospective study has thrown doubt on the theory that protease inhibitors (PIs) are a preferable antiretroviral
    …
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