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Tagged: findings

  • Never Too Old For Hypertension Treatment!
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 8 Apr, 2008

    Never Too Old For Hypertension Treatment!

    Nigel Beckett
    Nigel Beckett
    Nick Boon
    Nick Boon

    Nigel Beckett, Imperial College, London
    COMMENT: Nick Boon, British Cardiovascular Society, London

    Even very old patients benefit greatly if you treat their hypertension. This is the finding of the randomized HYVET study of 4,000 patients with
    …
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    Routine Angioplasty Recommended After Thrombolysis
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 6 Apr, 2008

    Routine Angioplasty Recommended After Thrombolysis

    Warren Cantor
    Warren Cantor
    Tony Gershlick
    Tony Gershlick

    REFERENCE: Abstract 2404-3 SCAI-ACCi2 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials II: Acute Myocardial Infarction
    Warren Cantor, University of Toronto
    COMMENT: Tony Gershlick, Leicester University

    A new study has shown important gains from adding angioplasty routinely to therapy for all
    …
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  • Lung Cancer Screening: Wait for Prospective Study Findings!
    • in News
    • — 16 Mar, 2008

    Lung Cancer Screening: Wait for Prospective Study Findings!

    Ugo Pastorino
    Ugo Pastorino

    UGO PASTORINO , Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan
    Even the most sophisticated and powerful detection method for lung cancer detection, spiral CT, is still unproven in the context of mass screening for lung cancer. At the conference in Turin,
    …
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    Oral Capecitabine: As Good As Fluorouracil Second Line for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
    • in Oncology
    • — 15 Feb, 2008

    Oral Capecitabine: As Good As Fluorouracil Second Line for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

    David Cunningham
    David Cunningham
    REFERENCE: Abstract 3012, ECCO 14, The European Cancer Conference, Barcelona, 23 – 27 September 2007
    DAVID CUNNINGHAM, Royal Marsden Hospital, London
    The oral agent capeticabine is just as effective as fluorouracil for treating patients whose metastatic colorectal cancer
    …
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  • Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: Big Gains In Pancreas Cancer
    • in Oncology
    • — 27 Jan, 2008

    Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: Big Gains In Pancreas Cancer

    Charles Hsu
    Charles Hsu

    CHARLES HSU, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
    Big improvements in overall survival were achieved by combining radiation with adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with pancreas cancer in a dtudy reported to the conference in Orlando. Charles Hsu told Peter Goodwin
    …
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    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News – Undernutrirtion Causes a Third of Child Deaths
    • in Public Health
    • — 17 Jan, 2008

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News – Undernutrirtion Causes a Third of Child Deaths

    Zulfiqar Bhutta
    Zulfiqar Bhutta

    Reference: The Lancet, Maternal and Child Undernutrition Special Series
    With one child in three killed by it, childhood and maternal undernutrition are discussed in a special series of articles in the Lancet. Sarah Maxwell spoke with Zulfiqar Bhutta
    …
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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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    Early Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: Long Term Findings
    • in News
    • — 8 Jan, 2008

    Early Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: Long Term Findings

    Richard Peto
    Richard Peto

    REFERENCE: Lancet 371:29-40; January 5, 2008
    RICHARD PETO, Oxford University
    The prospect of cutting breast cancer mortality in half throughout the world is held out by Richard Peto of the Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). He
    …
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  • Rosuvastatin: No Significant Benefit for Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure: CORONA Study Results
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 6 Nov, 2007

    Rosuvastatin: No Significant Benefit for Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure: CORONA Study Results

    Ake Hjalmarson
    Ake Hjalmarson
    Gordon Tomaselli
    Gordon Tomaselli

    REFERENCE: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 2, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
    N Engl J Med 2007;357

    AKE HJALMARSON, Sahlgrenska University, Göteborg
    COMMENT: GORDON TOMASELLI, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

    The lipid
    …
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    TRITON-TIMI 38 Prasugrel Or Clopidogrel In Percutaneous Intevention?
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 5 Nov, 2007

    TRITON-TIMI 38 Prasugrel Or Clopidogrel In Percutaneous Intevention?

    Gordon Tomaselli
    Gordon Tomaselli
    Daniel Jones
    Daniel Jones

    REFERENCE: Late Breaking Clinical Trials 1, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
    GORDON TOMASELLI, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
    COMMENT: DANIEL JONES, President, American Heart Association, University of Mississippi, Jackson

    A potential new
    …
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  • Stable Angina: Add PCI To Medical Therapy If Guided by SPECT-Detected Ischemia? COURAGE Nuclear Sub-Study Results
    • in Cardiovascular
    • — 5 Nov, 2007

    Stable Angina: Add PCI To Medical Therapy If Guided by SPECT-Detected Ischemia? COURAGE Nuclear Sub-Study Results

    REFERENCE: Abstract: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 1, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
    LESLEE SHAW, Emory University, Atlanta
    COMMENT: DANIEL JONES, AHA President, University of Mississippi, Jackson

    Some patients with stable angina may be best …

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    Vancomycin: New Guidelines May Induce Kidney Damage
    • in Public Health
    • — 19 Sep, 2007

    Vancomycin: New Guidelines May Induce Kidney Damage

    Megan Nguyen
    Megan Nguyen

    REFERENCE: Poster Session 104 K-1096, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007
    MEGAN NGUYEN, Western University in Pomona, California
    New vancomycin guidelines that recommend using higher doses may cause kidney damage according to
    …
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