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Hessom Razavi, Puneet Sayal, Claire Gilbert Hessom Razavi, Puneet Sayal, Claire Gilbert, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Eye doctor Hessom Razavi volunteered to go about his usual studi

Tony Gershlick Tony Gershlick, University of Leicester Adnan Kastrati, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Munich Using bivalirudin instead of heparin during angioplasty wasn’t any better for preventing deat

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

Christian Manegold Nick Thatcher Christian Manegold, Heidelberg University Medical Center, Manheim Nick Thatcher, Christie Hospital, Manchester Is bevacizumab a new standard of care for patients with

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

Peter Tyrer REFERENCE: Lancet 371:57 January 5, 2008 PETER TYRER, Imperial College, W6 8RP London A randomized study comparing treatment with risperidone, or haloperidol, or placebo to treat patients

Anton Hagenbeek ANTON HAGENBEEK, University Medical Centre Utrecht For patients with advanced-stage follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, ibritumomab tiuxetan seems to prolong progression free surv

Christian Geisler CHRISTIAN GEISLER, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Mantle cell lymphoma, which was previously considered incurable, has apparently been cured in some patients on a phase II study. Derek T

Pierre Fenaux PIERRE FENAUX, Paris 13 University Results from a phase III study presented at ASH suggest that the hypomethylating agent azacitidine should be the new standard of care for patients with

Terry Gernsheimer TERRY GERNSHEIMER, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle An investigational drug AMG 531 has increased and sustained platelet counts in splenectomized patients with chroni

Zakari Aliyu REFERENCE: American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 8-11 2007, Atlanta ZAKARI ALIYU, Howard University, Washington DC Nigeria has the highest incidence of sickle cell anemi

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 HJAL

Laura Mauri Raymond Gibbons REFERENCE: Late Breaking Special Session, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida LAURA MAURI, Brigham and Woman’s Hospit

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: DANI

Jose Baselga Gordon McVie REFERENCE: ABSTRACT 2030, ECCO 14, The European Cancer Conference, Barcelona, 23 – 27 September 2007 JOSE BASELGA, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona CO

Pierre Guillou David Jayne REFERENCE: J Clin Oncol 25:3061-3068 PIERRE GUILLOU, St James’ Hospital, Leeds COMMENT: DAVID JAYNE, St James’ Hospital, Leeds Laparoscopic-assisted resection fo

Pedro Cahn REFERENCE: Abstract H-717, 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007 PEDRO CAHN, Juan A. Fernández Hospital, Buenos Aires Etraviri

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, Calif

Edmond Cronin REFERENCE: Abstract 3506, European Society of Cardiology Congress, 2007, 1-5 September, Vienna, Austria EDMOND CRONIN, Cork University Hospital Study data that support banning smoking in

Paul Fisher REFERENCE: Meet the Professor Session, AACR 2007, Los Angeles PAUL FISHER, Columbia University, New York Patients with cancer could soon be treated with adenoviruses capable of infecting b

Heather White Heather White, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson If you have ever been bitten by a fire ant you’ll remember the pain! But a study presented in Washington has shown