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South Bend doctor excited about test for ovarian cancer risk
South Bend :: IN :: USA | 4 days ago
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A local physician believes a recent breakthrough in ovarian cancer research could help predict which women are at a greater risk. Michael Method, M.D., of Michiana Hematology Oncology, said the OVA1 test is the first blood test that can help physicians...
Tags: ovarian cancers, Michael Method, South Bend, Health Medical Pharma, Ovarian cancer, Gynecology, Menstrual cycle, Fertility preservation, Breast cancer, Ovarian cyst, Oncology, Cancer
At-risk women unlikely to take tamoxifen
Ann Arbor :: MI :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility High-risk women for breast cancer, even if well-informed about using the drug tamoxifen to prevent cancer, are unlikely to take the drug, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Angela Fagerlin of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center said...
Tags: breast cancer, risk women, Ann Arbor, Health Medical Pharma, Selective estrogen receptor modulators, Social Issues, AstraZeneca, Treatment of bipolar disorder, Tamoxifen, Cancer, Inflammatory breast cancer, Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene, Risk factors of breast cancer, Endometrial cancer
Skin Deep: Your Own Fat, Relocated
Scottsdale :: AZ :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility THE latest kind of recycling has nothing to do with soda bottles. It entails liposuctioning fat from, say, thighs or buttocks and injecting it into breasts to augment them. After being condemned in the early ’90s, this procedure is generating newfound...
Tags: plastic surgeons, breast augment, task force, fat graft, fat survival, Dr. Khouri, transplanted fat, fat injecting, Dr. Coleman, Cytori Therapeutics, Scottsdale, Health Medical Pharma, Brassiere, Plastic surgery, Mammography, Breast, Liposuction, Breast implant, Cancer, Fat transfer
Senate casts first votes to overhaul health care
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Senators have voted to safeguard coverage of mammograms and preventive screening tests for women under any health care overhaul legislation. The 61-39 vote Thursday on an amendment by Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and Republican Sen. Olympia...
Tags: Preventive Services Task Force, health care, U.S, issued controversial, Washington, Oncology, Mammography, Social Issues, Medical imaging, Health Medical Pharma, Breast cancer, Politics, Cancer, Breast cancer screening, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Barbara Mikulski, Cancer screening, Olympia Snowe, Kathleen Sebelius, Medicare, Healthcare reform in the United States, Henry Waxman, Screening, Blanche Lincoln, Breast, Health insurance, Ben Nelson, Anna Eshoo, National Breast Cancer Coalition, David Vitter
Ultrasound effective at spotting breast cancers
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Breast ultrasounds found 100 percent of suspicious cancers in women under 40 who found lumps or other suspicious areas of the breast, offering a cheaper, less-invasive alternative to surgery or biopsies, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said...
Tags: Dr. Constance Lehman, breast exam, self breast, breast cancerous, Chicago, Health Medical Pharma, Medical tests, Mammography, Pathology, Breast, Breast cancer, Oncology, Breast self-examination, Cancer
Cervical cancer vaccine should be cheaper: Nobel laureate
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 4 days ago
Credibility Its price needs to be drastically reduced, especially in countries like India, where the risk of this disease is threatening," Hausen told an interactive session organised here by the Cancer Foundation of India (CFI). "I think more number of companies...
Tags: cervical cancer, Cancer Foundation of India, Hausen, nobel laureate, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Health Medical Pharma, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Immunology, HPV vaccine, Vaccines, Papillomavirus, Vaccination, Cancer
Inventor’s Terminal Cancer Courtesy Of Verichip?
Charlotte :: NC :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Bob Boyce, who has invented a super-efficient electrolysis method, as well as a self-looping electrical circuit capable of charging batteries, discovered a microchip implant in his shoulder when having a tumor removed from that spot, which metastasized.
Tags: Bob Boyce, Charlotte, VeriChip, Skin cancer, Electrolysis, Radio-frequency identification, Microchip implant, Electrology, Cancer, Personal identification
Bond mutual funds attract large sums
Niš :: Serbia | 4 days ago
Credibility Share and corporate bond prices continued to rise during the month, in line with international markets. Companies and mutual funds held offerings and raised capital during the month. The markets' optimism was influenced by signs that the economic recovery...
Tags: Serbia, Niš, Health Medical Pharma, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Cancer treatments, Antibody, Immune system, Cancer, Lung cancer
Novel tumour-attacking virus may offer brain cancer treatment
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 4 days ago
Credibility The protein, called vasculostatin, is normally produced in the brain. In this study, an oncolytic virus containing the gene for this protein in some cases eliminated human glioblastoma tumours growing in animals and significantly slowed tumour recurrence...
Tags: cancer treatment, attacking virus, oncolytic virus, brain cancer, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Health Medical Pharma, Viruses, Microbiology, Brain tumor, Oncology, Neurosurgery, Cancer, Neurology
Rising cancer rate in girls baffles scientists
Sydney :: Australia | 4 days ago
Credibility Scientists actually do not know why cancer is more common in males than it is among females. But the Queensland Cancer Council says there has been a baffling rise in the number of young girls developing the disease nationwide. Annelies Cowin's daughter...
Tags: cancers rate, Mrs Cowin, Australia, Sydney, Health Medical Pharma, Pathology, Breast cancer, Oncology, Occupational safety and health, Cancer
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