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• Inpatient gastrointestinal consultation requests

  Found on GastroHep.com News. Posted: March 11th, 2010, 1:00am CET

  This month's American Journal of Gastroenterolog assesses inpatient gastrointestinal consultation requests in an academic teaching hospital....

• Personalized dose reduction for CT scanning for acute pancreatitis

  Found on GastroHep.com News. Posted: March 11th, 2010, 1:00am CET

  The latest Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology investigates prior radiation exposures and personalized dose reduction for computed tomography scanning....

• Genetic associations discovered for primary sclerosing cholangitis

  Found on GastroHep.com News. Posted: March 11th, 2010, 1:00am CET

  This month's Gastroenterology reports on a genome-wide association analysis in primary sclerosing cholangitis....

• Drug-Resistant Lice Respond Better to Ivermectin (CME/CE)

  Found on MedPage Dermatology. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 10:00pm CET

  The antiparasitic drug ivermectin (Stromectol) is more effective than malathion lotion for treating infections of drug-resistant lice, a new study found....

• Cubanelle Peppers Stuffed with Italian Chicken Sausage

  Found on Diabetes Daily. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 9:34pm CET

  This is such a great meal if you're craving Italian food but don't want the carbs. I serve it with a big salad and some rapini and feel satisfyingly full every time. But best of all, it's good for you. Go ...

• AchooAllergy.com's Top Air Purifiers

  Found on achoo!. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 5:37pm CET

  We have one of the most extensive air purifier selections of anyone in the market place. You will find air purifiers for almost every environmental control problem, application, and price range....

• The Joys of Spring

  Found on Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:17pm CET

  For me, Spring can never come soon enough.Tags: mindful awareness, seasons ...

• AAD: Signal Inhibitor Active in Basal Cell Carcinoma (CME/CE)

  Found on MedPage Dermatology. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:03pm CET

  MIAMI BEACH (MedPage Today) -- More than half of patients with locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma responded to an investigational signal transduction inhibitor, data from a phase I clinical trial showed....

• Male Batterers Consistently Overestimate General Rates Of Violence Toward Partners

  Found on Addiction News. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 2:00pm CET

  Men who engaged in domestic violence consistently overestimated how common such behavior is, and the more they overestimated it the more they engaged in abusing their partner in the previous 90 days, according to new research conducted at the University of Washington......

• AAD: HIFU Shows Promise for Body Sculpting (CME/CE)

  Found on MedPage Dermatology. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 2:00pm CET

  MIAMI BEACH (MedPage Today) -- High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) showed potential as a noninvasive way to remove excess subcutaneous fat, according to results of a small, preliminary clinical study....

• Supreme Court To Consider Legality Of Lawsuits Against Vaccine Makers

  Found on Immune System News. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:00pm CET

  The Associated Press: "The Supreme Court will decide whether drug makers can be sued by parents who claim their children suffered serious health problems from vaccines......

• FDA Approves Botox To Treat Spasticity In Flexor Muscles Of The Elbow, Wrist And Fingers

  Found on Cosmetic-Plastic Surgery News. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:00pm CET

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Botox (onabotulinumtoxin A) to treat spasticity in the flexor muscles of the elbow, wrist, and fingers in adults. Spasticity is common after stroke, traumatic brain injury, or the progression of multiple sclerosis......

• New Hope To Vitiligo Patients Offered By Skin Transplant

  Found on Dermatology News. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:00pm CET

  In the first study of its kind in the United States, Henry Ford Hospital showed that skin transplant surgery is safe and effective for treating vitiligo. Henry Ford researchers followed 23 patients for up to six months after surgery and found that the treated area regained on average 52 percent ...

• Cooking Lobster Was Easier Than I Thought

  Found on Diabetes Daily. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:00pm CET

  (Charlie loves lobsters!)I thought that a follow up on our lobster dinner was in order.  I've been wanting to tell you all about it for a while now, but I wanted to post a picture alongside of all of the delicious details!  ...

• Guest Post-There's been some changes made!

  Found on Diabetes Daily. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:00pm CET

  I met Bob (I like to call him Mr. Bob) when I went to Kansas City, MO for a World Diabetes Day luncheon.  Bob is living with Type 2 diabetes, recently started his on blog Titled T Minus Two: Easily Amused.  Bob is a sweetheart, an avid tweeter (@rpederse) ...

• U.N. Official Addresses Increasing Drug Addiction In Developing Countries

  Found on Addiction News. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00pm CET

  The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday warned of an impending "health disaster facing developing countries if wealthy nations fail to control drugs," Agence France-Presse reports......

• Racial Disparities Persist In Hospice Use

  Found on Cardiology News. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 12:00pm CET

  Even as medical caregivers try to change practices, racial disparities in hospice care continue, according to a study in the March 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine......

• Vaccinating Kids Against Flu Protects Whole Community, Canadian Study

  Found on Immune System News. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:00am CET

  A new study carried out in Hutterite communities in Canada revealed that giving kids and teenagers flu shots led to lower rates of flu in communities that followed such a strategy compared to similar communities that did not, suggesting that vaccinating children may prevent the virus from spreading and protects ...

• Reovirus May Be A Novel Approach To Prostate Cancer Treatment

  Found on MedWorm: Glioma. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:00am CET

  Researchers in Canada have detected a novel oncolytic viral therapy against prostate cancer with use of a virus called the reovirus, according to study results published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The respiratory, enteric, orphan virus (commonly known as reovirus) is a non-attenuated, ...

• Malaria In Pregnant Women : A First Step Towards A New Vaccine

  Found on Immune System News. Posted: March 10th, 2010, 10:00am CET

  By managing to express the protein that enables red blood cells infected with the malaria agent Plasmodium falciparum to bind to the placenta and by deciphering its molecular mechanisms, a team of researchers from CNRS and the Institut Pasteur has taken an important first step in the development of a ...