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Last Updated: Jul 21, 2007 - 3:14:25 AM

Doctors Lounge Thanks Dr. Chan Lowe - Jul 21, 2007 - 3:04:37 AM
Doctors Lounge would like to thank Dr. Chan Lowe for his unrelenting effort in answering all the questions posted on our website.

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Suicide attempts decline after depression treatment - Jul 1, 2007 - 9:12:02 AM
Group Health study, which included 100,000 patients, sheds new light on FDA warning for antidepressants - Am J Psychiatry.

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Cellular atypia of the breast in at least 3 sites is more predictive of cancer - Jun 30, 2007 - 8:35:19 PM
Women with at least 3 sites of cellular atypia in the breast are nearly 8 times more likely to develop breast cancer - J Clin Oncol.

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Magnesium sulfate has more side effects than nifedipine as tocolytic - Jun 29, 2007 - 6:13:43 PM
Magnesium sulfate, is more likely than nifedipine to cause mild to serious side effects in pregnant women - Obstet Gynecol.

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Needle-stick injuries are common but unreported by surgeons in training - Jun 28, 2007 - 7:51:56 PM
Resident surgeons fail to report needle-stick injuries risk serious infection such as HIV or hepatitis - N Engl J Med.

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Sperm abnormalities seen in male lupus patients - Jun 28, 2007 - 7:39:59 PM
Male SLE patients with reduced testicular volume have high frequency of sperm abnormalities - Arthritis Rheum.

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Cervarix may provide broader protection against cervical cancer - Jun 28, 2007 - 7:27:13 PM
Vaccine provides effective protection against HPV types 16 and 18 infections as well as other strains - Lancet.

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Surgery more effective for degenerative spondylolisthesis problem - Jun 28, 2007 - 7:21:28 PM
Surgery provides better results than nonsurgical treatments for degenerative spondylolisthesis problem - N Engl J Med.

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Donated embryos could result in new embryonic stem cell lines - Jun 21, 2007 - 9:44:36 AM
Up to 60 percent of fertility clinic patients willing to donate remaining embryos to stem cell research - Science.

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More women than men having mid-life stroke - Jun 21, 2007 - 9:41:22 AM
More women than men appear to be having a stroke in middle age according to a Neurology article - Neurology.

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A faster way to recover from chemotherapy and marrow transplant - Jun 21, 2007 - 9:38:02 AM
Discovery in zebrafish could lead to new ways of boosting patients blood cells according to a Nature study - Nature.

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Femara (letrozole) offers new hope for ovarian cancer patients - Jun 21, 2007 - 9:35:10 AM
Hormone therapy can extend life in ovarian cancer patients, giving women a new alternative to chemotherapy - Clin Cancer Res.

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Family structure size could affect breast cancer risk prediction - Jun 21, 2007 - 9:31:53 AM
Finding may challenge accuracy of some breast cancer prediction models that do not include family structure - JAMA.

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Estrogen in young postmenopausal women linked to less arterial plaque - Jun 21, 2007 - 8:44:17 AM
Estrogen use lowered one risk factor for heart disease among some younger postmenopausal women - N Engl J Med.

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Entecavir (hepatitis B drug) leads to cross-resistance with HIV drugs - Jun 21, 2007 - 7:58:35 AM
Entecavir should not be used on its own in patients co-infected with HIV - N Engl J Med.

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Blood brain barrier breached by new therapeutic strategy - Jun 18, 2007 - 11:56:58 PM
A short peptide from the rabies virus can carry a strip of therapeutic material into the brain via IV administration.

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Medical metal detector finds lost orthopedic screws - Jun 18, 2007 - 10:23:38 PM
Undergraduates invention at Johns Hopkins emits tone to guide doctors to hidden hardware.

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Doctors Lounge Welcomes Back Dr. Safaa Mahmoud - Jun 16, 2007 - 8:43:38 PM
The Doctors Lounge welcomes Dr. Safaa Mahmoud back to our ranks after a short period of absence.

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