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Written by JuniorDr Team
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
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Male Spanish doctors are twice as likely to drink and drive as other non-health graduates, according to researchers at the Department of Preventative Medicine at Universidad de Navarra, Spain.
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Written by Parvin Begum & Perminderjit Dhahan
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
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After half a decade or more at university, armed with all that knowledge gained through sheer hard work, you are set upon on the wards to look after the unwell. However, once you are qualified you realised that the majority of the House Officers work load is comprised of ward rounds, organising tests, venepuncture and cannulation1.
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Written by JuniorDr Team
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
Lansoprazole, the compound found in common antacids, could also be used to fight oral bacteria linked with gum disease, researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Goteborg University in Sweden have found. When the mouth becomes acidic - a sign of bacteria at work - lansoprazole kicks in disabling the bacteria F. nucleatum which produces a toxin allowing other bacteria to attach to the tooth surface and cause decay. If further trials are successful they hope to incorporate similar compounds into toothpastes and mouthwashes.
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Written by JuniorDr Team
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Friday, 18 April 2008 |
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Healthy adults who eat two or more servings of meat a day increase their risk of developing metabolic syndrome by 25 percent compared with those who eat meat twice a week, according to research published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Written by JuniorDr Team
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 |
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Having a tendency to extract messages from meaningless noise could be an early sign of schizophrenia, according to a study at Yale University. Eighty percent of participants who ‘heard’ phrases of four or more words in length when listening to a virtually incomprehensible recording went on to develop schizophrenia.
www.yale.edu
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