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• Sound Medicine 03-07-10

  Found on Sound Medicine. Fetched: March 8th, 2010, 10:54pm CET

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  On Sound Medicine this week: an update on healthcare legislation; confusion over the new mammogram guidelines; bone-strengthening drugs that may reduce breast cancer risk; how taking niacin increases good cholesterol; and an interview with Wright State University medical students who produce a radio show. Also, why eating blueberries and running ...

• Correlation between stress, stress-coping and current sleep bruxism

  Found on Head & Face Medicine. Posted: March 5th, 2010, 1:00am CET

  Background: Stress is discussed as a potential factor in the development of sleep bruxism (SB). The aim of this study was to investigate whether specific stress-factors correlate with SB-activity. Methods: Sixty-nine subjects, of which 48 were SB-patients, completed three German questionnaires assessing different stress-parameters and stress-coping-strategies: Short questionnaire for recognition ...

• Sound Medicine 02-28-10

  Found on Sound Medicine. Posted: February 27th, 2010, 6:00am CET

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  On Sound Medicine this week, advice about when to introduce infants to solid food; the under-diagnosis of celiac disease; chlamydia reinfections in teen girls; and why people have problems with destination memory. Also, the science of beauty. And some musings on blood donation....

• Sound Medicine 02-21-10

  Found on Sound Medicine. Posted: February 20th, 2010, 6:00am CET

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  This week, cold and exercise-induced asthma in Olympic athletes; how hospital checklists reduce medical errors; and a child psychiatrist discusses how her mother's suicide affected her. Also, the effectiveness of hand sanitizers....

• Diseases of the salivary glands in infants and adolescents

  Found on Head & Face Medicine. Posted: February 15th, 2010, 1:00am CET

  Background: Diseases of the salivary glands are rare in infants and children (with the exception of diseases such as parotitis epidemica and cytomegaly) and the therapeutic regimen differs from that in adults. It is therefore all the more important to gain exact and extensive insight into general and special aspects ...

• Sound Medicine 02-14-10

  Found on Sound Medicine. Posted: February 13th, 2010, 6:00am CET

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  This week, part two of our series on biobanking human tissue; a low-acid diet to prevent osteoporosis; more natural approaches to hormone replacement therapy; and an interview with the author of "Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History and the Wonder of Childbirth." Also, a theory about food ...

• Sound Medicine 02-07-10

  Found on Sound Medicine. Fetched: February 9th, 2010, 7:31am CET

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  This week, we hear about ethical issues involved with banking human tissue, especially tissue from pediatric patients; also, how antioxidant supplements reduce the benefit of exercise; why kids need more vitamin D; and about ways to prevent ACL injuries in young athletes. In this week's Checkup feature, the safety of ...

• Sound Medicine 01-31-10

  Found on Sound Medicine. Posted: January 30th, 2010, 6:00am CET

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  This week, Tanya Froelich on links between prenatal smoking and lead exposure to childhood ADHD; Aaron Carroll on the demise of the healthcare reform bill; Robert Gold discusses his book, The Forensic Pharmacist; Also, in our Patient Listening series, Rich Frankel meets a lung cancer survivor who explains why he ...

• Sound Medicine 01-24-10

  Found on Sound Medicine. Posted: January 23rd, 2010, 6:00am CET

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  Sound Medicine this week: trauma surgery in Haiti; a vaccine for melanoma; treating dogs with brain cancer; the book, Brain: The Complete Mind; and a Grace Notes essay on the perils of prayer. Also, why pregnant women get morning sickness. And the hidden dangers of the intensive care unit....

• Sound Medicine 01-17-10

  Found on Sound Medicine. Posted: January 16th, 2010, 6:00am CET

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  This week on Sound Medicine: Computer models predict a large increase in type 2 diabetes cases; dreams as the pre-cursor to human consciousness; a short history of women in medicine; and another Grace Notes essay on the topic of prayer in medicine. Also, needlesticks in medical students and how sleep ...

• Sound Medicine 01-10-10

  Found on Sound Medicine. Fetched: January 11th, 2010, 9:12am CET

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  In Sound Medicine this week: Why many women at risk for cancer refuse the anti-cancer drug tamoxifen; how acidity in soft drinks damages teeth; high-impact sports strengthen bones in seniors. Also, an update on healthcare legislation and the latest "Grace Notes" essay by Dr. Larry Cripe....

• Sound Medicine 01-03-10

  Found on Sound Medicine. Fetched: January 3rd, 2010, 2:39pm CET

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  This week on Sound Medicine: IU bioethicist Eric Meslin explains why Darwin's Origin of Species still matters; also, hear reprised interviews with authors of these books: Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?; A Short History of Medicine; and A Brain Wider Than the Sky....

• Sound Medicine 12-27-09

  Found on Sound Medicine. Posted: December 26th, 2009, 6:00am CET

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  In this week's show: how much fat your exercise really burns; how prescription drugs get into our drinking water; how doctors communicate with decision-making "surrogates"; and hear a medical student tell about his first experience with a dying patient. Plus the Sound Medicine Checkup and Did You Know features....

• Sound Medicine 12-20-09

  Found on Sound Medicine. Posted: December 19th, 2009, 6:00am CET

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  Topics this week: research that shows high technology does not cut expenses or improve outcomes for hospitals and doctors' offices; how emergency care workers employ electronic medical records; author of the book Sugarless Plum, a biography of a diabetic ballet dancer; and author of the book Declarations of Dinosaur, about ...

• Comparative analysis of slot dimension in lingual bracket systems

  Found on Head & Face Medicine. Posted: December 15th, 2009, 1:00am CET

  Background: Orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances requires - among others - the correct clinical expression of torque, which depends on the precise fitting of archwire and slot. Especially in the lingual technique torque problems become clinically more evident than in labial appliances also with respect to the vertical alignment of ...

• Sound Medicine 12-13-09

  Found on Sound Medicine. Posted: December 12th, 2009, 6:00am CET

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  This week's show includes an update on healthcare reform; a German model for American Medicare; new rules in the NFL for treating concussions; and hear an Indiana University cancer doc relate life experiences that include the anxiety and sadness of treating terminally ill cancer patients. In addition, learn how both ...

• Sound Medicine 12-06-09

  Found on Sound Medicine. Fetched: December 7th, 2009, 2:52pm CET

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  Topics this week: budget cuts threaten a community's water fluoridation program; efforts to improve mental health services for veterans; the difficulties of recruiting volunteers for cancer clinical trials; and the ethics of predictive medical testing. Also, a musical cure for tinnitis....

• Sound Medicine 11-29-09

  Found on Sound Medicine. Posted: November 28th, 2009, 6:00am CET

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  Topics: New guidelines for mammograms and Pap tests; Healthcare for immigrants; malpractice reform and healthcare costs; also, we debut Dr. Rich Frankel's new "Patient Listening" series, which this week hears from a wounded Iraq war veteran....

• Upper eyelid reconstruction: a short report of an eyelid defect following a thermal burn

  Found on Head & Face Medicine. Posted: November 25th, 2009, 1:00am CET

  While the principles of eyelid reconstruction are well-established, achieving good functional and aesthetic reconstruction remains challenging .This communication presents a technique that we used on a young patient with an eyelid defect following a thermal burn. The patient was operated on to reconstruct the entire upper eyelid using, as a ...

• Desmoplastic fibroma of the mandible, review of the literature and presentation of a rare case

  Found on Head & Face Medicine. Posted: November 24th, 2009, 1:00am CET

  Desmoplastic fibroma (DF) is a rare, benign but locally aggressive, intraosseous lesion with a high tendency of local recurrence. In this report the actual literature is reviewed regarding epidemiological data, pathology, clinical diagnostic criterias, the therapy and the prognose. Moreover, a report of an interesting case is included localized in ...