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Second Breast Cancer May Be Greater Than Thought For High-risk ... Science Daily (press release) - 5 hours ago
Cancer takes toll on Patrick Swayze NEWS.com.au, Australia - 5 hours ago
Budget boost to improve cancer survival rates ABC Online, Australia - 3 hours ago
Tanya Snyder Battles Breast Cancer Washington Post, United States - 54 minutes ago
The American Geriatrics Society's newly revised 2008-2009 print edition of Geriatrics at Your Fingertips (GAYF); Case-Based Geriatrics Review: 400 Questions and Critiques from the Geriatrics Review Syllabus; and Doorway Thoughts: Cross Cultural Health Care for Older Adults, Volume III, were released here at the Society's Annual Scientific Meeting.
Increases in copayments for potentially life-saving medications can significantly increase the odds that older adults will take the drugs less often, and may even discontinue taking them, suggests a study that will be presented here today at the American Geriatrics Society's 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting. The Society's annual meeting, which runs from April 30 to May 4, is the premier conference on aging research.
Many women under age 55 aren't seeking timely treatment for heart attack because they expect the warning signs and their reaction to follow a Hollywood script - tightening in the chest, shortness of breath, clutching the chest while dropping to one knee.That's the finding of researchers who presented their study at the American Heart Association's 9th Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR) in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke.
Women with fibroids and endometriosis facing the possibility of hysterectomy may now choose less invasive treatment options to preserve fertility, according to Yale professor Aydin Arici, M.D., isn directing a scientific session exploring these alternatives at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical Meeting May 3-7 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Attitudes towards non-smoking policies among in-patients in psychiatric units differ considerably from those of the general population, raising the question whether some compromise should be introduced when mental health trusts are required to adopt the policy later this year. Whilst 89.6% of the public believe that smoking should be banned in public places, only 54.1% of psychiatric in-patients agree with the idea. 71.
The toll from a deadly intestinal virus affecting thousands of children in central China continues to rise.
Influenza is currently a grave concern for governments and health organisations around the world. The worry is the potential for highly virulent bird flu strains, such as H5N1, to develop the ability to infect humans easily. New drugs and vaccines to halt the spread of the virus are badly needed.
* A new examination of data on similarly aged groups, compared across decades, has found substantial increases in drinking and alcohol dependence among women. * Increases were particularly notable among white and Hispanic women - beginning with those born in the United States after World War II.
CMS on Thursday released a proposed rule that would reduce Medicare reimbursements for skilled nursing facilities by a net 0.3% in fiscal year 2009, CQ HealthBeat reports. Under the rule, Medicare reimbursements for SNFs would decrease by $770 million, or 3.3%, in FY 2009.
"We can no longer be silent" about the rising sexually transmitted infection rates in the U.S., particularly in the black community, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) writes in a Seattle Medium opinion piece, noting the findings of a recent
The Michigan Senate earlier this week passed a House-approved bill (HB 5322) that directs schools that provide information on immunization to families and students in at least grades six, nine, and 12 to include information about human papillomavirus and the HPV vaccine, the AP/MLive.
Rapid population growth in Uganda is undermining efforts to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, Uganda AIDS Commission Director General Kihumuro Apuuli said Wednesday at a press briefing in the capital of Kampala, New Vision/Allafrica.com reports. Apuuli spoke with journalists ahead of the four-day HIV/AIDS global implementers meeting scheduled to start June 3 in Kampala.
Masonic foundation exceeds pledge to KU Cancer Center Bizjournals.com, NC - 14 hours ago
Scientists Identify 'Gatekeepers' Of Breast Cancer Transition To ... Science Daily (press release) - 13 hours ago
Low-income Hispanic women are more likely than their black and white counterparts to follow diets that are rich in fruits and vegetables, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Reuters Health reports.