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This week, after our usual news roundup, Michel Ovize is our guest, and he talks about preventing reperfusion injury during interventions for myocardial infarction. It all has to do with mitochondrial pores. Journal Watch links New NAMS Position Statement on Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Cyclosporine Attenuates Reperfusion Injury During Stenting Does Cyclosporine Protect Against Myocardial Reperfusion Injury? Pregestational diabetes http://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(08)00639-X/abstract Chronic lymphocytic leukemia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18216293?dopt=Abstract Encephalitis http://infectious-diseases.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/730/3 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18582201?dopt=Abstract Postmenopausal hormone therapy http://www.menopause.org/PSHT08.pdf http://womens-health.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2008/731/3 Professor Ovize interview http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/359/5/473 http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/359/5/518 http://firstwatch.jwatch.org/