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Clinical Times
Management of breast abscess — a review
Drs Ibraheem M Tunau, Nora Abdulaziz and Anne Merrigank | 12 March 2010
Drs Ibraheem M Tunau, Nora Abdulaziz and Anne Merrigank explore issues in the diagnosis and treatment of breast abscess, a painful and potentially destructive condition... Read more
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New methods offer some benefits over pill
Gary Culliton | 11 March 2010
Clinical update: Contraception - In his latest Clinical Update, Gary Culliton reports on developments in the field of contraception, including how to pick the right contraceptive and the advantages and risks associated with various methods... Read more
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Etonogestrel implant is a cost-effective and tolerable solution
11 March 2010
Clinical update: Contraception - Implanon is very well tolerated by 72 per cent of women, according to Dr Sarah Riney, a GP at Dublin’s Suffolk Street Surgery.... Read more
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Oestrogen levels a factor in older women
11 March 2010
Clinical update: Contraception - “Hormonal contraceptives used in the right patients are safe. How and in whom they are used is key,” said Dr Rita Galimberti of the ICGP’s Joint Committee for Family Planning.... Read more
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New contraceptive options give more choice to Irish women
11 March 2010
Clinical update: Contraception - There are 14 different kinds of contraceptive pill available. Three new pills were introduced in Ireland in 2009: Qlaira (which is useful for painful periods), Yaz (which has the same hormones as Yasminelle but in a... Read more
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Warning over contamination of heroin with anthrax spores
10 March 2010
Contamination of heroin with anthrax spores in Scotland has led to an outbreak of anthrax infection in heroin users and has resulted in several deaths, senior doctors there have warned. The doctors described the case of a drug user who... Read more
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Oestrogen-only HRT may increase risk of asthma after menopause
10 March 2010
Oestrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, a new study has suggested. The study’s authors based their findings on 57,664 women who were quizzed about their use of HRT and development of... Read more
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Women with gout have heart risk
10 March 2010
Women with gout are at greater risk of a heart attack than men with the disease, according to new research. The researchers based their findings on a population study of more than 9,500 gout patients and 48,000 people without the... Read more
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New strategies suggested to stop inappropriate treatment requests
10 March 2010
Clinicians may use one of several approaches to deny patient requests for an inappropriate treatment while preserving the physician-patient relationship, according to a new report. The report followed a study in which researchers analysed data from a randomised trial on... Read more
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Long waits linked to breast cancer recurrences
09 March 2010
The longer women wait for radiotherapy after breast cancer surgery, the more chance there is of local recurrence, concludes a study published in the British Medical Journal. The authors suggest that starting radiotherapy as soon as possible will minimise this... Read more
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