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Kung Hei Fat Choi! This year, the above common Chinese new year greeting is particularly meaningful. The Year of the Dragon seems to be more and more challenging. As before, at ...
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Editorial Board

CME Bulletin & Online Editorial Board 2012
持續醫學進修專訊及網上版編輯委員會


Chief Editor 總編輯
Dr. WONG Bun Lap, Bernard
黃品立醫生

Board Members 委員會成員:
Dr. CHAN Hau Ngai, Kingsley
陳厚毅醫生
Dr. CHAN Man Kam
陳文岩醫生
Dr. CHAN Yee Shing, Alvin
陳以誠醫生
Dr. CHENG Chi Man
鄭志文醫生
Dr. CHEUNG Hon Ming
張漢明醫生
Dr. CHIU Shing Ping, James
趙承平醫生
Dr. CHOI Kin, Gabriel
蔡 堅醫生
Dr. CHOW Pak Chin
周伯展醫生
Dr. CHU Kin Wah
朱建華醫生
Dr. FONG Chung Yan, Gardian
方頌恩醫生
Dr. FUNG Yee Leung, Wilson
馮宜亮醫生
Dr. HO Chung Ping, MH
何仲平醫生
Dr. HO Hung Kwong, Duncan
何鴻光醫生
Dr. KONG Kam Fu, James
江金富醫生
Dr. KWOK Ka Ki
郭家麒醫生
Dr. KWOK Tin Fook
郭天福醫生
Dr. LAM Tzit Yuen, David
林哲玄醫生
Dr. LEUNG Chi Chiu
梁子超醫生
Dr. LI Siu Lung, Steven
李少隆醫生
Dr. LI Sum Wo, MH
李深和醫生
Dr. POON Tak Lun
潘德鄰醫生
Dr. SHIH Tai Cho, Louis
史泰祖醫生
Dr. TSANG Kin Lun
曾建倫醫生
Dr. TSE Hung Hing
謝鴻興醫生
Dr. WONG Shou Pang, Alexander
王壽鵬醫生
Dr. YEUNG Chiu Fat, Henry
楊超發醫生
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Spotlight Article Feb 2012: Haemodialysis as a practical modality of treatment in Hong Kong
Clinical haemodialysis (HD) had a late start. William Kolff started using HD to treat his patients in Holland during the Second World War...
Cardiology and Dermatology Articles Feb 2012
Cardiology: A 58-year-old lady presented with narrow complex tachycardia   Dermatology: A 8-year-old school child with sore throat and fever
Cardiology and Dermatology Articles Feb 2012
Cardiology: A 58-year-old lady presented with narrow complex tachycardia   Dermatology: A 8-year-old school child with sore throat and fever
General Medicine Article Feb 2012: A 29-year-old female with a lesion of the vulva
A 29-year-old woman presented for her routine annual physical examination. She had no complaints and had been in good general health...
Gastrointestinal Medicine Self Study Paper Feb 2012: Gastroparesis: Approach, Diagnostic Evaluation, and Management
Derek M. Tang and Frank K. Friedenberg / Disease-a-Month 57(2011);2:74–101.ABSTRACT: Gastroparesis is a chronic motility disorder of the stomach that involves delayed emptying of solids and liquids, without evidence of mechanical obstruction...

23/02/2012
Case Report: Adalimumab Lowers Sperm Count
Adalimumab therapy was associated with a significant decrease in sperm count in a 35-year-old man who had taken the biologic for 3 years as treatment for ankylosing spondylitis, according to a case re...
22/02/2012
Arthritis Pattern in Psoriasis Provides Diagnostic Clues
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII (EGMN) – Joint pain arising in a patient with psoriasis is by no means necessarily due to psoriatic arthritis. Psoriasis patients can get osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, just ...
22/02/2012
CORRECTION: Filgrastim Fails to Improve Ischemic Stroke Outcomes
A story titled “Filgrastim Fails to Improve Ischemic Stroke Outcomes,” published February 21, 2012, misstated the phase of the AXIS 2 trial. It was a phase II trial.
22/02/2012
Less NSAIDs for Arthritis Equals More Falls
SNOWMASS, COLORADO (EGMN) – The guideline-endorsed demotion of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in favor of narcotic analgesics for chronic pain has led to a marked increase in falls, fractures, a...
22/02/2012
Arthritis Pattern in Psoriasis Provides Diagnostic Clues
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII (EGMN) – Joint pain arising in a patient with psoriasis is by no means necessarily due to psoriatic arthritis. Psoriasis patients can get osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, just ...
22/02/2012
U.S. Agency Acts to Curb Doxorubicin, Methotrexate Shortages
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Feb. 21 that it had lined up several manufacturers that can provide enough doxorubicin and methotrexate to alleviate current shortages of these vital...
22/02/2012
CORRECTION: Filgrastim Fails to Improve Ischemic Stroke Outcomes
A story titled “Filgrastim Fails to Improve Ischemic Stroke Outcomes,” published February 21, 2012, misstated the phase of the AXIS 2 trial. It was a phase II trial.
22/02/2012
Filgrastim Fails to Improve Ischemic Stroke Outcomes
NEW ORLEANS (EGMN) –A granulocyte colony-stimulating drug did not protect brain tissue or improve functional outcomes after ischemic stroke.Researchers had high hopes for filgrastim, which is approved...
18/02/2012
EMA: Aprotinin Gets Restricted OK; Orlistat Safe Despite Liver Reports
The European Medicines Agency announced Feb. 17 that it was recommending lifting the 4-year-old suspension of aprotinin, a medicine used to prevent blood loss.The agency recommended that the marketing...
16/02/2012
Pancreatic Cancer Risk Not Confined to IPMN Target Cyst
SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) – A small proportion of patients with a lower-risk intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm go on to develop pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in an entirely separate region of the ...
16/02/2012
Video Games: What You’d Really Rather Not Know
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO (EGMN) – Internet/video game addiction disorder is a diagnosis that’s not to be found in the Fourth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Nor after conside...
15/02/2012
Perspective– Hypnosis Is a Safe Treatment for Children
Clinicians have known for quite some time that that hypnosis is an important adjunctive therapy for adults. We’ve also found the technique to be a valuable tool in consultation-liaison psychiatry for ...
23/02/2012
Case Report: Adalimumab Lowers Sperm Count
Adalimumab therapy was associated with a significant decrease in sperm count in a 35-year-old man who had taken the biologic for 3 years as treatment for ankylosing spondylitis, according to a case re...
17/02/2012
Vitamin E Supplements Linked to Increase in Prostate Cancer Risk
SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) – Healthy middle-aged and older men who take vitamin E supplements have an increased risk of prostate cancer, although the risk takes some time to emerge, suggests an update of th...
22/02/2012
U.S. Agency Acts to Curb Doxorubicin, Methotrexate Shortages
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Feb. 21 that it had lined up several manufacturers that can provide enough doxorubicin and methotrexate to alleviate current shortages of these vital...
22/02/2012
ACOG Releases Guideline for Breast Cancer Management
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists advises that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, can safely be used to treat hot flashes in some women with breast cancer. And wo...
01/10/2010
Antidepressants Reduce Pain, Sleep Problems, Depressed Mood in Fibromyalgia
A recent study suggests that antidepressants reduce pain, sleep disturbances, and depressed mood in fibromyalgia. But antidepressants do not appear to reduce fatigue in fibromyalgia patients, accordin...

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Adhesion Prevention in Gynaecological Surgery
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2010
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American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF)
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HK Author Key Publications

Disordered connectivity associated with memory deficits in children with autism spectrum disorders
Author(s): Chan A.S., Han Y.M.Y., Sze S.L., Cheung M.-C., Leung W.W.-M., Chan R.C.K., To C.Y.
Year: 2011  Volume: 5  Issue: 1
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Lymphocyte subset alterations related to executive function deficits and repetitive stereotyped behavior in autism
Author(s): Han Y.M.Y., Leung W.W.-M., Wong C.K., Lam J.M.K., Cheung M.-C., Chan A.S.
Year: 2011  Volume: 5  Issue: 1
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
 

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