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No Clear Evidence That Decline In HRT Use Linked To Fall In Breast Cancer

Date: Mar-15-2013
Time trends and stats neither support nor refute this claim, say researchers There is no clear evidence that the decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is linked to a reported fall in the numbers of new cases of breast cancer, as has been claimed, suggests a study in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. The stats and time trends neither back up nor refute the claim, so no firm conclusions can be drawn, say the authors in the last of a series of five critiques of the published data in three major studies on HRT...

Radiation Raises Breast Cancer Survivors' Risk Of Heart Disease Slightly

Date: Mar-14-2013
Breast cancer patients who undergo radiation therapy have a slightly increased risk of ischemic heart disease within five years, and the risk persists for at least twenty years, researchers from Oxford University, England, the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, and Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark, reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine)...

Follow-up Of Results, Complications Of Combined Rhinoplasty, Genioplasty

Date: Mar-14-2013
JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery Study Highlights Dario Bertossi, M.D., of the University of Verona, Italy, and colleagues examined the long-term results and complications of combined rhinoplasty (nose) and genioplasty (chin). (Online First) The study involved 90 cases of the combined procedures performed from January 2002 through January 2004 and the main outcome researchers looked at was the long-term stability of the esthetic outcome. For reduction genioplasty patients, 45.6 percent of the patient population had 100 percent stability after three years...

Study Evaluates Clinical Manifestations Of Cytomegalovirus Associated Eye Infections In Patients Without HIV

Date: Mar-14-2013
JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights The medical records of 18 patients (22 affected eyes) were reviewed as part of a case series study in an academic research setting by Kessara Pathanapitoon, M.D., Ph.D., of Chiang Mai University, Thailand, and colleagues to describe the clinical manifestations and co-existing illnesses of patients without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who have cytomegalovirus (CMV) -associated posterior uveitis or panuveitis (inflammation)...

Burnout Independently Linked To Coronary Heart Disease

Date: Mar-14-2013
If your job burns you out, it looks like your heart health can suffer as well as your mental health, according to a study by researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine. In their study of nearly 9,000 male and female workers, researchers from the Faculty of Management and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at TAU, found a link between job burnout and coronary heart disease that was independent of other known risk factors...

Do Not Prescribe "Study Drugs" For Children Who Don't Need Them, Doctors Told

Date: Mar-14-2013
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued a statement saying that it is wrong for doctors to prescribe attention-boosting drugs for mentally healthy kids who misuse them as a means of achieving better grades at school.  Teens often use these "study drugs" (ADHD medications) when they don't actually meet the criteria for the disorders for which the drugs are supposedly prescribed. Recently there has been a growing trend of parents asking doctors to prescribe ADHD medications for their mentally-healthy kids so they can achieve better results in their exams...

Sleepwalkers Sometimes Recall What They Did And Why

Date: Mar-14-2013
Three myths regarding sleepwalking - that sleepwalkers have no recollection of the event, their behavior has no motivation, and sleepwalking has no daytime impact - are now being contested in a new study carried out by a team at The University of Montreal. Through an analysis of literature of data from over 15 years of sleep studies, Antonio Zadra and his colleagues have uncovered new findings on sleepwalking and made clear diagnostic criteria for doctors and researchers...

UPMC Performs First "Breathing Lung" Transplant On East Coast Using OCS Lung

Date: Mar-14-2013
UPMC surgeons have performed a "breathing lung" transplant using a portable machine that provides a constant supply of blood and nutrients to the donor organs, which doctors say has the potential to keep them healthier and viable for longer than ever before. The double-lung transplant was performed March 4 at UPMC Presbyterian, using the Organ Care System, also known as the OCS lung, by TransMedics Inc. This is the first time the device has been used on the East Coast. The patient, a 53-year-old man from Moundsville, W.Va., had suffered from pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension...

Mummies Study Reveals That Hardening Of The Arteries May Have Been A Global Problem In The Ancient World

Date: Mar-14-2013
A study of 137 mummies from four different geographical regions, spanning 4000 years of human history, has revealed that atherosclerosis, or hardening and narrowing of the arteries - the disease that causes heart attacks and strokes - may have been much more common among ancient peoples than previously thought. The findings, published Online First in The Lancet, were presented at ACC 13, the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, held in San Francisco, USA, from 9 - 11 March 2013...

Next Generation Sequencing Data Congress, 17-18 June 2013, London

Date: Mar-14-2013
Oxford Global is pleased to announce the Next Generation Sequencing Data Congress which is taking place on 17th & 18th June 2013 at the CBI Conference Centre in London. Over the 2 days, the congress will provide an overview of the current and innovative methods in which leading scientists analyse, interpret and manage NGS sequence data generated from Genomics and Genetics research. The event will attract over 150 senior-level decision makers in UK and Europe working in areas such as next generation sequencing data analysis, bioinformatics & data management...