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FEATURE ARTICLE: Influenza & neuraminidase inhibitors

BACTERIOLOGY
Bacteriology by chip
Defeating salmonella
Fluoroquinolones
'flu is here - 2007
MRSA
MRSA and hospitals
MRSA and hand hygiene
MRSA and silver
MRSA elimination
New broad-spectrum antibiotic
New antibiotic class in America - treats MRSA
TB - New test
Vaccines - theory and advances
Viruses cross species barrier

CARDIO-VASCULAR
Adult cot deathStem cells and hearts
Angina advance
Angina - a new entity
Aortic aneurysm stents
Cardiac muscle repair - revolutionary technique at UCL
Cardiac resynchronisation - 2
Coronary 999s
Combination hypertensive therapy
Dual-chamber pacemaker
Heart failure breakthrough
Heart modelling
Hypertension
Hypertension and renin inhibitors
Hypertension revolution
Inter-osseous infusion
Intra-coronary thermographic catheter for pre-MI prediction
Microwaving the heart 
Myocardial Infarction
New heart valve
Peripheral arterial disease
PM2s and hearts - Dick van steenis
Resynchronisation defibrillator
Remote monitoring for high risk patients
Stem cells and hearts
The York Angina Plan

DERMATOLOGY
Biologic Treatments & psoriasis

Cosmetic treatment of wrinkles etc.

Eczema: Best management
Farmers' skin
NICE and skin cancer
Psoriasis phototherapy
Skin cancer - new therapy
Skin cancer progress - 2005
Sun protection
Warts and all

DIABETES
Contact lens sugar monitoring
Continuous glucose monitoring
Diabetic heart disease
Diabetes patient monitoring system
Diabetes therapy update - December 2004
Glycaemic control - 2006
Inhaled insulin
Insulin detemir
Monsters and diabetes
More new therapies for type 2 diabetes
Newer designer insulins 
Sitagliptin in T2 DM
Targetting insulin resistance
Trends in diabetes - June 2003
Type 2 diabetes - August 2004
Type 2 diabetes long term complications
Type II diabetes management - 10 points

DIAGNOSTICS
Mass produced disposable biosensors
Magneto-encephalography
Nanotechnology

EAR, NOSE & THROAT
Allergic rhinitis and children 
  
Deafness quiz
Glue ear 

GASTRO-INTESTINAL
Advanced bowel cancer - new therapy
Colo-rectal cancer and ulcerative colitis
Constipation therapy
Crohn's disease diagnosis by capsule endoscopy
Cystic fibrosis
Dysphagia and the Elderly
Irinotecan and colon cancer
New bowel management system
Oesophageal cancer - new test
Stomach cancer and xeloda
Surgical bowel preparation not necessary

GENERAL MEDICINE
British zoonoses
Bugs !  Hit 'em hard !!
Chronic disease, new risk factors
Deep venous thrombosis prevention
HIV/AIDs update
Nano-medicine
NICE: skin cancer, malnutrition
O-P sheep dips (Amended 24/5/00 and 16/10/2000)
Thallassaemia and stem cells

GYNAECOLOGY
Abortion and breast cancer - no link
Alternative to hysterectomy
Cervical cancer testing - June 2006
Cervical cancer testing - November 2006
Endometrial cancer risk factor
Female testosterone patches
HRT:  risk/benefit favours benefit
HRT and ovarian cancer
Hysterectomy alternative
Infertility treatment
New Ca cervix test
New treatment for stress incontinence

HAEMATOLOGY
Anti-coagulant agent - new
Leukaemia and suicide genes
New oral anti-coagulant
New anti-coagulant announced - Exanta (ximelagatran)

LIVER  DISEASE
Liver disease and fatty diet
Liver disease - latest - April 2005

NEPHROLOGY
Early detection of renal failure helps heart failure and diabetes
End-stage renal disease pandemic?

NEUROLOGY
Advances in Parkinson's Disease 
Alzheimer's disease - 2006
Alzheimer's - the pharmaceutical future
Alzheimer's and genes
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 
Epilepsy - NICE guidelines 2004
Keppra - new epilepsy drug
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis advance - 2006
MS: latest from the Mayo Clinic - Jan 2004
MS - latest research from Bayer - May 2004
Neuropathic pain survey
NMR shows efficacy of glioma chemotherapy
Parkinson's and IT
Parkinson's Brain Pacemaker   
Predicting Alzheimer's
Secondary stroke prevention guidelines - 1
Secondary stroke prevention guidelines - 2 
Secondary stroke prevention trial
Shingles and chicken pox vaccination
Warfarin self-management  

ONCOLOGY
Adenocarcinoma of lung: developing new therapy
Advanced breast cancer - 2006
Advanced post-menopausal breast cancer and Faslodex
Anti-proton radiation for cancer
Anti-vascular approach to cancer
Anastrozole (Arimidex) v. tamoxifen in earl breast cancer
Arimidex and breast cancer
Avastin in colon cancer

Bladder cancer and gonorrhoea
Bowel cancer in the genes?
Breast cancer and arimidex (27/11/06)
Breast cancer and diet
Breast cancer: a new theory
Breast cancer and aromatase inhibitors
Breast cancer - Arimidex

Breast cancer detection aid - September 2006
Breast cancer diagnostics
Breast cancer genes
Breast cancer - latest - January 2004
Breast cancer research latest - May 2006
Breast cancer research - October 2004
Breast cancer risk and dense tissue
Bowel Ca risk identified - 2006

Breast cancer risks - lifestyle and genetic
Breast cancer therapies - March 2004
Breast cancer therapies - August 2004
Breast cancer update - December 2004
Breast cancer update - April 05

Cancer clues and theory - April 2004
Cancer fatigue - anaemia
Cancer - latest developments (September 2003)
Cancer - latest developments (February 2004)
Cancer News - 2003
Chernobyl and thyroid cancer
Childood cancer care - LISA
Colo-rectal cancer and ulcerative colitis
Colorectal cancer latest 2006
Colo-rectal cancer - July 2004
Colo-rectal cancer - new test.  Breast cancer therapy
Colo-rectal cancer overview - August 2004
Cutting chemo casualties

Diagnostics - PET/CT

Femara and breast cancer relapse
Femara gains US approval for post-op Breast cancer
Future breast cancer diagnostics

Gastric cancer advances - 2006
Gene therapy and cancer
GM bacteria v. cancer

Haematological cancers and Asplidin
Hodgkins survivors at future cancer risk

Late lung cancer therapy
Letrozole v. tamoxifen in breast cancer
Liver tumour therapy
Lung cancer:  detection breakthrough
Lung cancer latest, June 06
Lung cancer; overcoming drug resistance
Lung cancer therapy
Lung cancer vaccine

Metastatic breast cancer therapy
Microbeams: the new radiology
Mouth cancer
Mouth cancer course - free
Mouth cancer progress 2006

New breast cancer gene
offers help
New cancer treatment
Non-toxic gene delivery system for nervous system tumours
Novel cancer therapy

Oncology latest, June 2004

Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer 2006
Pancreatic cancer - developing drugs - May 2004
Prostate cancer and nanotherapy
Prostate cancer choices
Prostate cancer - latest 2005

Screening - latest opinions
Skin cancer and NICE
Spectroscopic cancer scanner
Stomach cancer and salt in diet
Stomach cancer and xeloda
SuperDimension diagnostics

Tarceva and lung cancer
Targetted cancer therapies
Teenagers miss out on cancer therapy
Tumour growth mechanism

Yondalis infusion

Zoladex and breast cancer


OPHTHALMOLOGY

Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARED)
Glaucoma - new guidelines
Visudyne and age-related macular degeneration

ORTHOPAEDICS
Advances in bone grafting
Fractures in the elderly - a prevention programme
Joint replacements - younger
New joint technology
Old bones - hips and backs
Orthopaedic robotics
Osteoporosis awareness

PAEDIATRICS
Autism - a theory
ADHD and atomoxetine
Consequences of extreme prematurity
Failure to Thrive or Faltering Growth
Neophobia - fussy eating
Nutrition in the under-5s 
Tamiflu in children
Tamiflu and children

PSYCHIATRY
Depression and Valdoxan
Guide to "Sectioning"
Spring suicide alert
The Mental Health Act 1983 briefly explained.

RESPIRATORY
Avian flu and oseltamivir
Childhood asthma - 2005
COPD & GPs

House Dust Mites
New allergic asthma therapy
New inhaler device from B & O
NICE TB
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
SARS: Hong Kong experience

SARS research
Tamiflu resistance

SEXUAL MEDICINE
Erectile dysfunction

Female arousal
Hardness and ED
Intimate examinations
Impotence Regulations   
Levitra for erectile dysfunction
Safe sex - the Stroke Association

SURGERY
Barretts oesophagus & cancer

Blood recycling during surgery
Cardiac surgery - progress on stents
Cosmetic treatment of wrinkles
Robo-surgery

THERAPEUTICS
Aspirin Foundation Briefs

Cannabis and Mental Health

Thalidomide rides again
Therapeutic vaccines

GENERAL EDUCATIONAL TOPICS
Advances - needleless vaccines
Adverse incident system ready 
Analgesic device
Anaphylaxis
Anti-smoking patches


Biodegradable membranes
Bio-generics - the beginnings

Cosmetic surgery results - 2004

Developing novel antibiotics
DNA and RNA advances
Drug development economics
Drug development methodology
Drug research method

Expert witness


Fatal Injuries at Work, 2002-3
Fractures predict osteoporosis

Health & Safety: Employers' duties
Health & Safety:  Violence in the Workplace advice
Haematology, original paper by Dr Javier Moragrega (Argentina)
Hepatitis C timebomb
Heroin addiction

Immunology research, latest
Industrial air pollution and the country doctor - van Steenis

Lip implants

MabThera and rheumatoid arthritis
Metabolic syndrome redefined


New linear accelerator
Nocturia

Obesity - future drugs
Osteoporosis - new therapy
Osteoporosis therapies - April 2004

Practical aspects of Controlled Drugs

Pregnant women and lambing

Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis - some facts
RNA interference library completed

Sleep lack and medical errors
Smokers' Health
Smoking cessation
Sports days & the country GP
Subutex and opioid addiction
Surgical advances - November 2003

The Data Protection Act 1998

The future of IT in healthcare
Threadworm treatment
Tobacco death toll
Toothbrushes
Transfusion filtration advances

Venous thrombo-embolism trial

Women at risk
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Workplace injuries: H & SE statistics 2001/2

PSYCHOLOGY
Viraj Yadav - 1 - Looking Good Feeling Sexy
                   2. Doctor under pressure
         

Prescribing/Dispensing protocol
A detailed attempt to further improve safety