Popular Diabetes Treatment Could Trigger Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Cancer

Friday, 01 May 2009 21:00

A drug widely used to treat Type 2 diabetes may have unintended effects on the pancreas that could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users, UCLA researchers have found.

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Trends In Tuberculosis- United States, 2008

Sunday, 22 March 2009 20:02

U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Continue to Decline, but Health Disparities Persist

The latest national surveillance data show that tuberculosis (TB) rates reached an all-time low in the United States in 2008. Data also show that racial and ethnic minorities and foreign-born individuals continue to bear a disproportionate burden of TB disease in this country.

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Campaign Tackles Antibiotic Overuse, Somerset, England

Tuesday, 24 February 2009 04:00

A Somerset GP is backing a national campaign to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance. Dr Harry Yoxall, a GP in Taunton and Secretary to the Somerset Local Medical Committee, said: 'Antibiotics don't work on colds, most coughs, sore throats or even the flu. Using antibiotics unnecessarily will increase resistance to them and make it harder to treat serious bacterial infections in the future.'

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In The Development Of Celiac Disease, What Potentially Is The Pathogenic Role Of Anti-tTG IgA?

Tuesday, 24 February 2009 03:00

The recent detection of antibodies in celiac patients specific for deamidated gliadin peptides (DGP), the product of tTG binding to gliadin peptides, provides an opportunity to address the correlation between the production of anti-tTG IgA and the antibodies against DGP in celiac patients.

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