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- in General Medicine
- — 20 May, 2008
Audio Journal of Medicine
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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- in General Medicine
- — 21 Mar, 2008
Debate: Adjuvant Chemotherapy Should Be Standard in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Giorgio Scagliotti

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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- in General Medicine
- — 17 Mar, 2008
New Targets Bring Promise For Lung Cancer Therapy

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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- in General Medicine
- — 17 Mar, 2008
Target Angiogenesis for Lung Cancer With Multiple Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

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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- in General Medicine
- — 27 Feb, 2008
Radio-Labelled Antibodies: Big Benefits in Follicular Lymphoma?

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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- in General Medicine
- — 11 Jan, 2008
Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes

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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- in General Medicine
- — 4 Jan, 2008
Non Drug Intervention: Better Than Antipsychotic Drugs for Aggressive Challenging Behaviour in Intellectual Disability

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

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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- in General Medicine
- — 9 Dec, 2007
Large Risk Reduction For Rivaroxaban In Blood Clot Prevention

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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- in General Medicine
- — 23 Sep, 2007
Colistin Use Linked to Outbreak of Rare Hospital Infection

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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- in General Medicine
- — 23 Sep, 2007
Which HIV Treatment is Best for Patients with HIV and Hepatitis C?

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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- in General Medicine
- — 23 Sep, 2007
Broad Approach, Including Computer System, to Improve Hospital Hygiene

Yehuda Carmeli
REFERENCE: Abstract K-1373, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
YEHUDA CARMELI, Tel-Aviv Medical Center
Hospitals can prevent significant numbers of infections by taking up a multi-faceted approach, including the use of a
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