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Renal expression of ligand CD 36 (also called thrombospondin receptor) has been given renewed interest at a cardiovascular symposium held in Shanghai over the first weekend of March this year. The CD36...

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SurgeXperiences is a fortnightly blog carnival bringing together posts from the best and brightest of the surgical blogosphere.

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  Prompted by a series of tweets and buzzes pertaining to the knowledge base of Emergency Medicine bloggers we felt it was time to overhaul our ‘BlogRoll‘ and create a separate table for the Emergency bloggers, their twitter handles and RSS feeds.

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The writing team at Life in the Fast Lane are humbled to have won an award for the second year in a row - this year the Best Clinical Weblog of 2009. Hopefully we will soon be recognised as a blog by Google and the clinical educational can be extended to a wider audience.

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How do experienced clinicians see beyond the superficial and understand the trouble brewing behind the scenes, seemingly before there is any warning? Where does such an unearthly prescience of what is about to happen come from? How is it that one sees what another doesn’t?

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Sternoclavicular dislocation is a relatively uncommon injury that can be easily missed or misdiagnosed. The importance in determining the direction of dislocation is emphasised by the dichotomy of management. Hence, a thorough history and examination, especially looking for evidence of compression of retrosternal structures, is paramount. Specialised sternoclavicular X-ray views should be supplemented by CT/MRI if clinical suspicion is high. Posterior dislocations necessitate prompt orthopedic referral.

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Sometimes life gives you insights, moments of experience that can give an unexpected empathy. When it comes to emotions, I'm a bit of a Forrest Gump, you know "I'm not a smart man... but I know what love is." But I can learn .... when the lessons are delivered with a short sharp blow.

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One of my young friends (just 3 months old) was recently diagnosed with a inborn error of metabolism after neonatal screening. Any negative outcomes are easily prevented with dietary supplements, and my...

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Here we are in 2010. What has 2009 taught us in oncology in our little corner of the world? Read on...

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I have just registered and completed a fantastic educational initiative on Tuberculosis (TB) - TB Learning Zone - produced by Oxford Immunotec. Registration is free and it takes about 90 minutes to complete the training in the Learning Zone.

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