Finding points within 50 miles

If I have a table of items with latitude and longitude
coordinates, is it possible to find all other items
that are within, say, 50 miles of an item, using the
geometric functions
(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/functions-geometry.html)?
If so, how?

Thanks,
CSN

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