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ONCOLOGY: Combinations and Targeted Agents: Better Survival in Mantle Cell Lymphoma

ONCOLOGY: "Total Therapy" Possible Cure For Multiple Myeloma?

ONCOLOGY: Multiple Myeloma: Towards A Chronic Disease With Cure On The Horizon

MEDICINE: Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes

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

ONCOLOGY: New Drug RAD001 Plus Letrozole In Neoadjuvant Therapy For Breast Cancer

ONCOLOGY: ATAC Trial: Anastrozole Still Superior At Over Eight Years’ Follow Up

ONCOLOGY: Early Breast Cancer: Survival Benefit For Adjuvant Docetaxel/Cyclophosphamide

AACR In New Partnership For San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

ONCOLOGY: Can Intensive Immunochemotherapy Cure Mantle Cell Lymphoma?

ONCOLOGY: Ibritumomab Provides Benefit in Patients with Follicular Lymphoma

ONCOLOGY: Oblimersen Extends Survival in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

ONCOLOGY: Dasatinib Effective At Two Years’ Follow Up in Chronic Phase CML

ONCOLOGY: Azacitidine ‘New Standard’ In High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes

ONCOLOGY: Interleukin-2 For Acute Myeloid Leukemia In First Remission?

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

GLOBAL HEALTH: No Use Of Hydroxyurea In Country With Most Sickle Cell Anemia

MEDICINE: Large Risk Reduction For Rivaroxaban In Blood Clot Prevention

CARDIOVASCULAR: Protective Cardiovascular Benefit for Women on HRT For Natural Menopause

CARDIOVASCULAR: Oral Contraceptive Use: More Carotid and Femoral Atheroschlerosis Later in Life

CARDIOVASCULAR: Torcetrapib in Patients at High Risk for Coronary Events: ILLUMINATE Trial Latest Results

CARDIOVASCULAR: TAXUS DES Trials Results: How Long Should Thienopyridine Be Used After Drug Eluting Stent?

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

CARDIOVASCULAR: Eptifibatide as Effective as Abciximab in Primary PCI for Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: EVA-AMI Study

CARDIOVASCULAR: TRITON-TIMI 38 Prasugrel Or Clopidogrel In Percutaneous Intevention?

CARDIOVASCULAR: Eptifibatide After PCI: Brief Infusion Is Just As Good

CARDIOVASCULAR: Long Term Outcomes of Drug Eluting and Bare Metal Stents in Patients Undergoing PCI

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

MEDICINE: Colistin Use Linked to Outbreak of Rare Hospital Infection

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

MEDICINE: Broad Approach, Including Computer System, to Improve Hospital Hygiene

MEDICINE: DUET 1 and 2 Trials: TMC 125 has Superior Virologic and Immunologic Response Rates

MEDICINE: Hospital Hand Hygiene Program Successfully Rolled Out

MEDICINE: BORIS: A. baumanni Highly Resistant β-Lactamase and Varying Susceptibility Patterns

GENERAL MEDICINE: Entecavir for Hepatitis B Linked to HIV Resistance

GENERAL MEDICINE: Monoclonal Antibody to Help Treat HIV?

GENERAL MEDICINE: Maraviroc for HIV: Responses at 48 Weeks

GENERAL MEDICINE: Starting Antiretroviral Therapy Can Trigger Leprosy

GENERAL MEDICINE: Bortezomib for Multiple Myeloma Can Cause Reactivation of Viruses

GENERAL MEDICINE: Nosocomial Clostridrium Difficile: Reduce by Cleaning with Household Bleach

GLOBAL HEALTH: Vancomycin: New Guidelines May Induce Kidney Damage

GENERAL MEDICINE: MRSA: Fight Superbug Using Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour

CARDIOVASCULAR: Wednesday, September 5th - European Society of Cardiology Congress, 2007, 1-5 September, Vienna, Austria

CARDIOVASCULAR: Tuesday, September 4th - European Society of Cardiology Congress, 2007, 1-5 September, Vienna, Austria

CARDIOVASCULAR: Monday, September 3rd - European Society of Cardiology Congress, 2007, 1-5 September, Vienna, Austria

GENERAL MEDICINE: Sunday, September 2nd - European Society of Cardiology Congress, 2007, 1-5 September, Vienna, Austria

GENERAL MEDICINE: Gene Study Identifies Heart Disease Risk

GENERAL MEDICINE: Vaginal Progesterone Reduced Risk of Preterm Birth in Women with Short Cervix

GENERAL MEDICINE: Earlier Interferon Reduces Disability in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

GENERAL MEDICINE: Cortical Grafting Or Intact Ovary Transplantation for Preserving Fertility?

GENERAL MEDICINE: Lapraroscopic Ovarian Diathermy Or Clomifene as First Line Treatment for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome?

GENERAL MEDICINE: Single Embryo Transfer: Just as High Live Birth Rates as Double Transfer, But Without Risks

GENERAL MEDICINE: Tuberculosis: Non-Adherence to Treatment is a Major Obstacle to Therapy Success

GENERAL MEDICINE: Etravirine for HIV-1-infected Patients Failing Antiretroviral Therapy

GENERAL MEDICINE: Visual Cervix Cancer Screening Test: Cheap and Effective in the Developing World

GENERAL MEDICINE: GnRH Antagonist Protects of Ovarian Function During Chemotherapy

GENERAL MEDICINE: Ovarian Stimulation Does Not Affect Fetal Birth Weight

GENERAL MEDICINE: Shorter Anti-Viral Treatment for Hepatitis C: Less Effective Than Standard Regimen

GENERAL MEDICINE: Best Evidence Yet that Folic Acid Fortification Reduces Neural-Tube Defects

GENERAL MEDICINE: Rosiglitazone for Patients with Diabetes: Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial Findings

GENERAL MEDICINE: Intensive Care: Prophylactic Steroids Prevent Postextubation Laryngeal Oedema

GENERAL MEDICINE: Fewer, Not More, Live Births After Preimplantation Genetic Embryo Screening

GENERAL MEDICINE: News from the 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

GENERAL MEDICINE: Elective Single Embryo Transfer in IVF: 13 Year Data From Sweden

GLOBAL HEALTH: Simple Intervention Could Significantly Improve TB Detection in Women

GLOBAL HEALTH: Pneumonia in Children Under One Year: Current Guidelines Not Sufficient

GLOBAL HEALTH: Type 1 Polio Vaccine Could Help Finally Eradicate Polio

GLOBAL HEALTH: Non-Perfect HIV Vaccine Could Still Have Major Benefits

CARDIOVASCULAR: Reduced Mortality and Repeat MI with Enoxaparin for Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

GLOBAL HEALTH: Can Road-Side Tranexamic Acid Therapy Reduce Mortality and Blood Transfusions after Trauma? The CRASH Trial.

CARDIOVASCULAR: Fewer Major Bleeding Events with Bivalirudin For Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes: The ACUITY Study

GLOBAL HEALTH: Drug Eluting Stents, PFO Closure: Indications Not Obvious

GLOBAL HEALTH: Patient Power Best to Manage Diabetes

GLOBAL HEALTH: Study on Longevity Genes And Aging Raises Prospects for Therapy

GLOBAL HEALTH: Rural to Urban Migration: Cardiovascular Health Risks Assessed in Lima, Peru

GLOBAL HEALTH: Once-And-For-All TB Assay Brings Cheap, Sensitive, Specific, Seven-Day Diagnosis and Drug-Susceptibility Testing

CARDIOVASCULAR: "COURAGE" Trial Assessed: New Guidelines for Patients with Stable Coronary Disease?

CARDIOVASCULAR: “EXACT” Study: Carotid Stenting Benefits Are Maintained in the Real World

CARDIOVASCULAR: Direct Renin Inhibitor Combined with Angiotensin Receptor Blockade Gives Additional Blood Pressure Lowering

CARDIOVASCULAR: "RADIANCE-1" Study: Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibitor Fails to Benefit Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia

CARDIOVASCULAR: "ERASE" Trial: Infusions of Reconstituted HDL Treat Atherosclerosis in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

CARDIOVASCULAR: - COURAGE Trial: Optimal Medical Therapy Alone is Sufficient for Patients with Stable Angina: Adding PCI Does Not Help; - ILLUSTRATE Study Shows Torcetrapib Raises HDL But Fails to Lower Coronary Risk - ILLUSTRATE Study Shows Torcetrapib Raises HDL But Fails to Lower Coronary Risk

CARDIOVASCULAR: Bioabsorbable Everolimus-Eluting Stent: 6-Month Angiographic and IVUS Results

CARDIOVASCULAR: Increased Use of Recommended Drugs Explains Improved Trends in Prognosis after Myocardial Infarction

CARDIOVASCULAR: Rapid Genotype Assay for Individualized Warfarin Dosing

CARDIOVASCULAR: Thrombin Receptor Antagonist: Advantages in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?

GLOBAL HEALTH: 6 Months Exclusive Breast Feeding for Mothers with HIV Lowers Transmission Rates

GLOBAL HEALTH: Maraviroc: New Antiretroviral Drug Shows Efficacy and Safety

GLOBAL HEALTH: Integrase Inhibitor Raltegravir Doubles Antiviral Response Rate in Treatment Experienced HIV-Infected Patients Compared to Optimised Background Therapy Alone

GLOBAL HEALTH: Entecavir Shows Activity Against HIV But Also Selects for an Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Mutation

GLOBAL HEALTH: Growth Hormone Releasing Factor Analog: Slimming Aid for Patients Receiving HAART?

GLOBAL HEALTH: Herpes Simplex Therapy Reduces HIV Activity in Co-Infected Patients

CARDIOVASCULAR: Thrombectomy For Acute Stroke: Results of the Multi MERCI Trial

CARDIOVASCULAR: GIST Trial: Treating Glucose Levels Acutely Doesn’t Help Survival, but Does Cause Hypotension

CARDIOVASCULAR: "NIHSS-Plus": Improvement on National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale?

CARDIOVASCULAR: Transthoracic Echo: A Wasted Test in Stroke Patients?

CARDIOVASCULAR: The Wingspan Stent: Safe Intra-Cranial Angioplasty?

CARDIOVASCULAR: MRI Scans Expand Therapeutic Window for Thrombolysis in Stroke

CARDIOVASCULAR: Aggressive Statin Therapy: Better than Endarterectomy for Patients with Carotid Stenosis?

GLOBAL HEALTH: The Genetics of Obesity: Genetic Mutation, Possible Marker for Obesity?

GLOBAL HEALTH: Folic Acid Supplement Improves Cognitive Function in Older Adults: FACIT Trial

GLOBAL HEALTH: Miscarriage Risk in Women with Low Body Mass Index

GLOBAL HEALTH: Three-Class Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Not Appropriate: Results from the FIRST Study

CARDIOVASCULAR: Telomere Length Predicts Coronary Heart Disease Risk and Statin Response

GLOBAL HEALTH: Microfinance Helps Cut Domestic Violence in Rural South Africa

FERTILITY: Circulating Markers Herald Onset of Preeclampsia