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Arthritis / Rheumatology News
Rheumatologists Share Insight With Online RA Community Steven Abramson, MD, professor of medicine and director of the rheumatology division at NYU Langone Medical Center, hosted a webinar with colleagues from the medical center for rheumatoid arthritis community bloggers - bringing together, bench, bedside and the blogosphere to discuss advances in the investigation, care, and treatment of RA.	12 June 2011

Heart Disease News

Internal Bleeding Higher With Popular Heart Device Than Earlier Model The incidence of internal bleeding was higher in the most commonly implanted heart device than in an earlier model, according to two studies at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.The HeartMate II, a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a continuous-flow mechanical pump connected to the patient's heart that takes over the pumping of the weakened heart's left ventricle.

12 June 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Link Between Long Term Mobile Phone Use And Brain Tumours Two papers have been published online in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. They show for the first time that there is a dose response effect for the risk of brain tumours among the heaviest users of mobile phones.	12 June 2011
With The Wave Of A Wand, Wireless Tags Give Physicians Details And Condition Of Orthopaedic Implants A concept developed by New Jersey orthopaedic surgeon Lee Berger, the noninvasive Ortho-Tag uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology designed at Pitt to give physicians easy access to information about implants and patients often at the end of a long paper trail.	12 June 2011
Rheumatologists Share Insight With Online RA Community Steven Abramson, MD, professor of medicine and director of the rheumatology division at NYU Langone Medical Center, hosted a webinar with colleagues from the medical center for rheumatoid arthritis community bloggers - bringing together, bench, bedside and the blogosphere to discuss advances in the investigation, care, and treatment of RA.	12 June 2011
Staging Atlas In Thoracic Oncology For IPad, IPhone, Android And BlackBerry Launched By IASLC The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), the only global organization dedicated to the study of lung cancer, today announced the release of its Staging Atlas in Thoracic Oncology as a downloadable application for iPad, iPhone, Android or BlackBerry.	12 June 2011
Scientists Provide Free Access To The E. coli's Genetic Regulation Data Just a few genes make enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) extremely dangerous to humans. If it were not for these genes, EHEC would hardly differ from harmless enteric bacteria. Bioinformatics scientists from the Saarbrucken Cluster of Excellence want to exploit this similarity to find starting points for effective drugs against the EHEC pathogen.	12 June 2011

Mental Health News
'1-stop' Clinic Ups Mental Health, Social Work Visits For Veterans Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who visited a VA integrated care clinic were much more likely to undergo initial mental health and social work evaluations than veterans who visited a standard VA primary care clinic, according to a study led by a San Francisco VA Medical Center researcher.	12 June 2011

Seniors / Aging News
Study Of Strength Training For Seniors Finds Increased Muscle Strength, Reduced Muscular Atrophy People lose 30% of their muscle strength between the ages of 50 and 70 years. However, maintaining muscle strength in old age is enormously important in order to maintain mobility and to be able to lead an independent life and manage everyday tasks independently.	12 June 2011

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