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Countries around the world have been stockpiling the antiviral drug Tamiflu in preparation for a possible avian-flu pandemic. But a review published in the journal Lancet last week cast doubt on the drug?s effectiveness. Researchers in Rome analyzed existing studies and concluded there is no ?credible evidence? that Tamiflu works against bird flu. While acknowledging that the drug has considerable limitations?to be effective, it must be administered soon after flu symptoms appear?the World Health Organization questioned the review?s conclusions, and said it won?t change its recommendation that governments keep stocking up on the drug...
...often would you have to listen to those heart sounds before you could reliably identify various types of murmurs? About 500 times, according to a study Barrett published last week in the American Journal of Medicine. The students' ability to diagnose murmurs jumped from 39% to 89% after listening to their iPods for two to three hours. A score in the 80s, Barrett says, is about as good as that of most practicing cardiologists...
...That is one of the enormous number of practical lessons large and small to be gleaned from James McGregor's new book, One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China. McGregor is a rare breed: an extraordinarily capable journalist--he was the Wall Street Journal's Beijing bureau chief from 1990 to 1994--who evolved into a successful businessman. He ran Dow Jones' China operations, was head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and now is a venture capitalist focusing on technology investments in China. His book is the best to date describing...
...THIS SPICE TO SETTLE THE STOMACH A new study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology suggests that taking 1 g of ginger can cut the risk of postoperative nausea 31%. Caveat: ginger works for only about 65% of people who take...
...Lancet work involved research that concluded that common painkillers like ibuprofen could help reduce the risk of oral cancer among smokers-although at the risk of dying from cardiovascular problems. The research in the New England Journal papers had to do with the potential use of DNA tests to determine the severity of oral cancers and precancerous lesions...