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

Nigel Beckett

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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- in Cardiovascular
- — 6 Apr, 2008
Routine Angioplasty Recommended After Thrombolysis

Warren Cantor

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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- in News
- — 16 Mar, 2008
Lung Cancer Screening: Wait for Prospective Study Findings!

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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- in Oncology
- — 15 Feb, 2008
Oral Capecitabine: As Good As Fluorouracil Second Line for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

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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- in Oncology
- — 27 Jan, 2008
Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: Big Gains In Pancreas Cancer

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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- in Public Health
- — 17 Jan, 2008
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News – Undernutrirtion Causes a Third of Child Deaths

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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- 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 News
- — 8 Jan, 2008
Early Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: Long Term Findings

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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- in Cardiovascular
- — 6 Nov, 2007
Rosuvastatin: No Significant Benefit for Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure: CORONA Study Results

Ake Hjalmarson

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

Gordon Tomaselli

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

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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