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Physicians challenge recommendations telling women to delay mammograms
Portland :: TX :: USA | 5 days ago
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After years of being told to suffer through the vice-like grip of a yearly mammogram starting at age 40, women are now hearing the breast cancer-detecting test can be put off until they’re 50...Preventative Services Task Force issued Monday, Nov. 16,...
Tags: breast cancer, task force, Dr. Nicholas Calley, Dr. Nathalie Johnson, false positives, yearly mammogram, Portland, Health Medical Pharma, Breast cancer screening, Mammography, Breast, Medical imaging, Oncology, Cancer
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Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Your response was wonderful, and your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated. Your contribution to this worthwhile cause gives all cancer patients renewed hope for the future and determination to win the battle against cancer.
Tags: Hutchinson, Health Medical Pharma, Pathology, Occupational safety and health, Human Interest, Cancer
Swiss govt asks House to approve new tax treaties
London :: United Kingdom | 6 days ago
Credibility They provide numerous benefits for the Swiss economy," the department said. "The Federal Council is of the opinion that they should all be made subject to an optional referendum." The Swiss government had initially suggested only the first revised treaty...
Tags: cancer cells, tax treaties, United Kingdom, London, Health Medical Pharma, Cancer treatments, Cancer vaccine, Immunology, Immune system, Vaccine, Oncology, Vaccination, Cancer
Al Amal centre pioneers new cancer therapy
Doha :: Qatar | 6 days ago
Credibility Enhanced Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting system at Al Amal Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation�s cancer specialty centre, is set to alter cancer drug therapies in the region. The system checks how patients are reacting to treatment and helps physicians...
Tags: Al Amal Hospital, Qatar, Doha, Cancer, Health Medical Pharma, Cancer treatments, Pathology, Patient safety, Pharmacology, Adverse drug reaction, Chemotherapy, Hamad Medical Corporation, Drug safety, Leukemia, Adverse effect, Minimal residual disease
A life of strength and optimism amid illness
Tōkyō :: Japan | 6 days ago
Credibility Alli Thompson Crane, 1981-2009 Alli Thompson Crane was 25 when, in her words: "Cancer happened to me and I did what I needed to stay alive." She had been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive type of neuroendocrine cancer and the doctors told her she...
Tags: Alli Thompson Crane, University of Sydney, Japan, Tōkyō, Health Medical Pharma, Radiation therapy, Cancer treatments, Pathology, Breast cancer, Oncology, Occupational safety and health, Cancer, Lung cancer
Ask Dr. Gott: What caused bleeding?
Monterey :: TN :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility PST Dear Dr. Gott: Last August, my wife had a routine blood test ordered by her cardiologist. She was found to have a very high potassium level, so the doctor prescribed Kionex powder to be taken twice a week.
Tags: Dr. Gott, chest pains, Monterey, Health Medical Pharma, Diverticulosis, Surgery, Colorectal cancer, Hemorrhoid, Constipation, Enema, Human Interest, Cancer, Gastroenterology
Ellen Goodman: Breast cancer blowup
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility The scientists who surveyed the mammogram studies did their job honorably. They looked at research that has slowly and without a lot of fanfare questioned the value of routine mammograms for women in their 40s without other risk factors. They concluded...
Tags: Ellen Goodman, task force, younger women, Pittsburgh, Health Medical Pharma, Screening, Mammography, Prostate cancer, Cervical cancer, Medical imaging, Breast cancer, Oncology, Cancer
Dallas-area clinics ignore proposed rules, still push for mammograms
Dallas :: WI :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Preventive Services Task Force, if followed strictly, would cut breast-cancer screening nationwide by 50 percent to 60 percent, according to estimates provided by several clinic operators. The proposed rules stipulate that women in their 40s should forgo...
Tags: cancer screenings, breast cancer, task force, area clinic, proposed rules, American College of Radiology, U.S, Dallas, Health Medical Pharma, Screening, Mammography, Medical imaging, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Oncology, Cancer screening, Cancer
New federal law will prohibit discrimination in hiring and health insurance based on genetics and family history
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Janet Cunningham has a strong family history of ovarian and breast cancer, and her sister has already tested positive for the genetic marker that puts her at heightened risk for the disease. Now Cunningham wants to know whether she, too, has the marker.
Tags: Janet Cunningham, genetic test, federal law, Linda Robinson, family medical, medical history, family history, Fort Worth, Health Medical Pharma, Medical tests, Genetics, Ovarian cancer, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, Genetic counseling, Social Issues, Breast cancer, Genetic testing, Cancer
Research shows how anti-cancer drug works
Evanston :: IL :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Researchers at Illinois' Northwestern University said they discovered how the drug tetrathiomolybdate, which is used to fight some metastatic cancers, works. Northwestern said in a release Thursday while it is known the drug can help fight certain metastatic...
Tags: metastatic cancers, cancers drug, Evanston, Health Medical Pharma, Oncology, Cancer, Wilson's disease, Angiology, Ammonium tetrathiomolybdate, Chaperone, Angiogenesis, Northwestern University, Copper, Metastasis
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