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UN's Ban launches bid to stamp out cholera in Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a $2.2 billion initiative on
Tuesday to stamp out cholera over the next decade in impoverished Haiti, where an epidemic has killed thousands of
people and been blamed on U.N. peacekeepers.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 12, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Kids exposed to increasing violence in Bond films
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The fictional James Bond always had a license to kill, but new research
suggests the movies about the suave spy got more violent through the years.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 12, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
ED visits escalate for children with autism
Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder are 9 times more likely to present to the emergency
department (ED) for psychiatric reasons.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 12, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Implant not recommended in UK, but to be launched in European market
The fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant (Iluvien, Alimera) has not met the UK’s
cost-effectiveness thresholds for treating DME. Alimera has, however, signed an agreement with Quintiles for the
implant’s European launch.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 12, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Newborn killings drop after anonymous delivery law
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Allowing women to anonymously deliver their babies in a hospital was
associated with a drop in the number of newborns killed by their mothers, according to a new study in
Austria.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 12, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Sperm from HIV or HCV patients can be used for intracytoplasmic sperm injection
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with azoospermia and HIV or hepatitis C should not be excluded from
fertility programs, the lead author of a new report told Reuters Health.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 12, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Functional outcomes similar after robotic, open RP
Urinary continence and sexual function scores are similar up to 2 years after robot-assisted and open
radical prostatectomy, especially when the procedures are performed by skilled, high-volume surgeons, new research
shows.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Study: Image-guided biopsy viable in prostate cancer
Image-guided targeted biopsy can be used to diagnose prostate cancer, potentially offering a more
accurate approach than traditional blind biopsy, according to a recently published study.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Urologists named at U of Toledo, imaging firm
Ajay Singla, MD, has joined The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, and separately, David
M. Barrett, MD, has been elected to the board of directors of ProUroCare Medical Inc. in Minneapolis.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Targeted therapy shows efficacy in advanced PCa
An orally bioavailable tyrosine kinase inhibitor demonstrated dramatic and rapid effects on advanced
prostate cancer, according to researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann
Arbor.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Novel Drug Ups Survival in Multiple Myeloma
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA - Patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma showed an increased disease-free progression and overall survival when treated with the investigational agent pomalidomide, researchers said here.
Source: MedPage Today Meeting Coverage - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Gentler Therapy Fine for Kids with ALL
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia had "excellent" survival with an anthracycline-free induction regimen, providing clinical-trial support for what has become standard practice.
Source: MedPage Today Meeting Coverage - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Divorce raises risk women will be left without health coverage
A study quantifies the high number of women left without insurance after their marriages dissolve.
Source: American Medical News - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Business Source Type: news
Best of Medical Blogs - weekly review and blog carnival
The “Best of Medical Blogs - weekly review and blog carnival” is a weekly summary of the best posts from medical blogs. Please email your suggestions for inclusion to clinicalcases@gmail.com. Best of Medical Blogs (BMB) is published every Tuesday, just like the old Grand Rounds.
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Cardiologist: Physicians Beware on the Twittersphere: "I was left at a conversational disadvantage because of the loss of context that is inherent to 140-c...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Best of Medical Blogs Source Type: news
Drugmaker bets on high-price niche for obesity drug
LONDON (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk is sizing up a high-price niche market for its glucagon-like
peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog liraglutide as a weight-loss treatment, with the United States the prime
opportunity.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Advanced postmenopausal breast CA not improved with temsirolimus
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In older women with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer not
previously treated with aromatase inhibitors (AI), adding temsirolimus to letrozole does not improve outcomes,
HORIZON trial data show.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Adult congenital heart disease subspecialty certification soon to be available to internists
Internists soon will be able to be certified in the subspecialty of adult congenital heart disease
through a new program offered by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Ezetimibe curbs major atherosclerotic disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ezetimibe (Zetia) and statins seem to protect equally well against major
atherosclerotic disease and all-cause mortality, a study by US and Spanish researchers suggests.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Lower hematocrit levels reduce cardiovascular risk in polycythemia vera
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cutting hematocrit levels to below 45% can significantly reduce the risk
of death or major thrombosis in patients with polycythemia vera, even compared to people whose levels are in the
range of 45% to 50%, according to a major study of a widely-accepted practice.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Be very careful with atypical antipsychotics in middle age: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Physicians should be extremely cautious about using atypical
antipsychotics in middle-aged and older patients, warn the authors of a new report in the Journal of Clinical
Psychiatry.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
AstraZeneca starts mid-stage TB drug trial in South Africa
LONDON (Reuters) - A new experimental drug that may fight drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis is
being tested in South Africa, where the first patient has been enrolled into a mid-stage clinical
trial.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Jury out on diagnostic value of pediatric GERD tests: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In children with suspected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the
accuracy of common diagnostic tests over conventional history taking and physical examination "remains
unclear," Dutch authors caution in a paper online now in The Journal of Pediatrics.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Bevacizumab not helpful in the adjuvant setting for colon cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding the anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody bevacizumab to FOLFOX
chemotherapy does not improve outcomes in patients with stage II-III colon cancer, according to a five-year update
of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) C-08 trial.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Guidewire no aid to most trainees in neonatal intubation
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using a guidewire for intubating newborns causes no harm but it also does
not generally improve success rates, researchers say. But it might be of some help to those who need it
most.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Lilly likens Alzheimer's race to 1920s insulin quest
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Coenzyme Q10 may improve ejection fraction in heart failure
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Supplementation with the antioxidant coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) may improve
ejection fraction in patients with heart failure, according to a new systematic review and
meta-analysis.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
France Servier founder investigated in drug deaths
PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris court formally placed the founder of French drugmaker Servier under
investigation on Tuesday on suspicion of manslaughter for his role in the Mediator anti-diabetes drug scandal, his
lawyer said.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
BPA found in fetal liver tissue
A National Institutes of Health-funded study published in the Journal of Biochemical and Molecular
Toxicology provides evidence that exposure to the compound bisphenol A (BPA) during human pregnancy is
considerable, and that elimination of BPA occurs more slowly in fetuses than in adults.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Aiming to get on Medicaid: risky but popular
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
U.S. loosens rules aimed at healthier school meals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are relaxing school meal rules aimed at controlling calories
and portion sizes after some students, parents and lawmakers complained that new stricter policies left many
children hungry.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Weight loss? There's an app for that
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mobile devices that let people track how much they eat and exercise may
help them shed pounds over and above the benefits of a typical weight-loss program, a new study
suggests.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Ponatinib effective in curbing chronic leukemia in study
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Outbreak of dengue fever diminishing on Madeira, say authorities
LISBON (Reuters) - An outbreak of dengue fever on Madeira island is waning after infecting 2,000
people in Europe's first sustained transmission since the 1920s, Portugal's health secretary Fernando Leal da Costa
said on Monday.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Medicare Part B ranks above commercial payers in new MGMA study
Medicare Part B was rated highest among payers by providers for overall satisfaction, according to the
newest version of an annual study from MGMA-ACMPA.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Novartis says trial results back Tasigna drug
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis AG's blood cancer drug Tasigna is better at treating a type of chronic
myeloid leukemia than its older drug Gleevec, according to data from two late-stage trials, boosting prospects for
its oncology franchise.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Prenatal peptides promising in Down syndrome model
A mouse model suggests that prenatal treatment with neuroprotective peptides may have potential in
improving learning performance in Down syndrome, according to researchers from the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development (NICHD).
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Perjeta (pertuzumab) extends survival in HER2-positive breast cancer
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss pharma group Roche's drug Perjeta (pertuzumab) significantly extended the
lives of women with HER2-positive breast cancer compared to a placebo, according to new data from a late-stage
study presented on Saturday.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Health workers march in Spain's capital against cuts, reforms
MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of health workers, on strike since last month, marched on Sunday in
Madrid to protest against budget cuts and plans from the Spanish capital's regional government to privatize the
management of public hospitals and medical centers.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Sleep apnea found to affect women's brains more than men's
Sleep apnea affects women and men differently because of sex-specific changes in the brain. This is
the finding of researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)'s School of Nursing, School of
Medicine, and Brain Research Institute.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Youths who overeat more likely to take up drugs
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids and teens who reported overeating, including binge eating, were more
likely to start using marijuana and other drugs in a new study based on surveys of close to 17,000
youths.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Docs should counsel youth about not smoking: panel
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors should talk to school-aged kids and teens about the consequences
of smoking and how to avoid pressure to start using cigarettes, a government-backed panel said today.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
UK chooses doctor as new head of health cost watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health ministry named a former practicing doctor, David Haslam, as the
preferred candidate to chair the country's healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE on Monday.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Treating male UTI for >7 days doesn't cut recurrence
A study of more than 33,000 outpatient male veterans suggests that a duration of antimicrobial
treatment of more than 7 days for a urinary tract infection (UTI) does not reduce the risk of early or late
recurrence compared to a shorter duration (7 days or less) of treatment.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Commentary - Of job titles and mind games
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Commentary - Of job titles and mind games
Source: MD Consult: News: Top Stories - December 10, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Arrhythmia risk prompts 32-mg IV ondansetron withdrawal
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Arrhythmia risk prompts 32-mg IV ondansetron withdrawal
Source: MD Consult: News: Top Stories - December 10, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
There are patients with "gluten sensitivity" in whom neither allergic nor autoimmune mechanisms can be identified
There are 3 main forms of gluten reactions:
- allergic (wheat allergy)
- autoimmune (celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis and gluten ataxia)
- possibly immune-mediated (gluten sensitivity)
From BMJ:
It is now becoming clear that, besides those with celiac disease or wheat allergy, there are patients with gluten sensitivity in whom neither allergic nor autoimmune mechanisms can be identified. It has been estimated that, for every person with celiac disease, there should be at least six or seven people with non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Gluten sensitivity may therefore affect 6-10% of the general population.
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - December 10, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Gastroenterology Celiac Disease BMJ Source Type: news
Drug shortages worsen following pharmacy-related meningitis scare
Six products supplied by a company that closed due to the outbreak are on the FDA’s critical shortage list.
Source: American Medical News - December 10, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Health Source Type: news
Social media: Physician’s friend and foe
Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
Source: American Medical News - December 10, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Opinion Source Type: news
Hospital chain’s new physician recruiting tool: adding residents
HCA is betting that training new doctors will be more cost-effective than hiring practicing physicians from elsewhere.
Source: American Medical News - December 10, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Business Source Type: news
ACOs, already surging, poised for even more growth
About 330 accountable care organizations are in operation, up from 164 in 2011, and as many as 31 million patients are being served.
Source: American Medical News - December 10, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Business Source Type: news
