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7-31-11.mp3

Six reports tonight:

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20: Conservative Versus Liberal Red Cell Transfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction (the CRIT Randomized Pilot Study).
Am J Cardiol. 2011 Jul 24; [Epub ahead of print]

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7: Impact of maternal supplementation with probiotics during pregnancy on atopic eczema in childhood - a meta-analysis.
Br J Nutr. 2011 Jul 26;:1-6 [Epub ahead of print]

This question came out of left field last week, but it looks like there was some coverage of the subject this summer.  A paper published in BMJ in July combined results from many studies and found an increased risk of coronary disease with calcium supplementation.  LA Times had coverage at the time.

I try not to be taken in by these vitamin studies, but this seems harmless.  The journal "Nutrition," not the "Journal of Nutrition," mind you, has an e-published only article this week about the relationship of vitamin C and mood. 

This must be C. Diff week here at InteractMD.com, because we have a few new papers on the challenging subject.

Today's latest is an update of stool transplants from Norway--researchers report up to 73% efficacy in treating this often deadly infection by taking stool from a family donor and transferring it by colonoscopy to the patient.  If it didn't work the first time, sometimes it works after a second attempt.

You can't make this stuff up.  Kudos to doctors for thinking outside the box.

This was a little more interesting than the usual ASCO report: brain electrodes to treat glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer.  WSJ seems to have better coverage of ASCO this year than NYT.  I wonder which paper is doing better financially.  Does it occur to anyone else that the two papers should just merge at s

The top Google link for "Do bras cause cancer" leads you to a rather paranoid site insisting women should ditch their bras out of cancer concerns, and that going braless improves "lymphatic drainage."  A Pubmed literature search reveals no information.

Further digging takes you to Snopes.com, the debunker of myths, usually of the urban persuasion, not necessarily medical.  Not much info there, and links to other sites from there didn't have much more information either.