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Medical Defence Union Encourages Doctors To Say Sorry If Things Go Wrong, UK
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) the UK"s largest medical defence organisation has reassured doctors that they are not admitting liability if they apologise when something has gone wrong with their treatment of a patient.
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What Is The Risk Of Obesity While Taking Antidepressant Drugs?
Cross-sectional studies have reported an association between major depressive episode (MDE) and obesity. The objective of this longitudinal analysis was to determine whether MDE increase the risk of becoming obese over a 10-year period. Data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS) were used, a longitudinal study of a representative cohort of household residents in Canada. The incidence of obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30, was evaluated in respondents who were 18 years or older at the time of a baseline interview in 1994. MDE was assessed using a brief diagnostic instrument.
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Gliomas Exploit Immune Cells Of The Brain For Rapid Expansion
Gliomas are among the most common and most malignant brain tumors. These tumors infiltrate normal brain tissue and grow very rapidly. As a result, surgery can never completely remove the tumor. Now, the neurosurgeons Dr. Darko S. Markovic (Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch) and Dr. Michael Synowitz (Charit̩) as well as Dr. Rainer Glass and Professor Helmut Kettenmann (both Max Delbr̿ck Center for Molecular Medicine, MDC, Berlin-Buch), have been able to show that glioma cells exploit microglia, the immune cells of the brain, for their expansion (PNAS Early Edition)*.
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishes Inaugural Issue Of LUTS (Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms)

Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb), has announced that the inaugural issue of its new journal, LUTS (Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms), is now live online. A new journal providing the latest clinical and basic science information in the field of neurourology, urodynamics, and urogynecology, LUTS is published for the Japanese Neurogenic Bladder Society, Korean Continence Society, and Taiwanese Continence Society. The journal features full color on its website, review articles, original articles, case reports, video articles on surgical techniques, ultrasound diagnosis, and videourodynamics. Editor-in-Chief of LUTS, Professor Osamu Yamaguchi said, "The journal seeks to provide timely communication to physicians and researchers. Helmed by an international editorial board, the journal will address the full spectrum of lower urinary tract dysfunctions." This first issue features an editorial by Professor Yamaguchi; as well as original papers in clinical and basic research, and a number of review articles. Wiley-Blackwell


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