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Los Angeles Times
At least 100,000 non-medical staff in NHS trusts have access to confidential patient records, a campaign group claims.
TSN Former Dunbar, NFL star Elijah Alexander loses battle with cancer
Researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a key to embryonic stem (ES) cell rejuvenation in a gene - Zscan4 - as reported in the March 24, 2010, online issue of Nature. This breakthrough finding could have major implications for aging research, stem cell biology, regenerative medicine and cancer biology...
People in developed nations are living in good health as much as a decade longer than their parents did, not because aging has been slowed or reversed, but because they are staying healthy to a more advanced age. "We're living longer because people are reaching old age in better health," said demographer James Vaupel, author of a review article appearing in the March 25 edition of Nature...
Metro
Offers specialized treatment and research for women’s incontinence, pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction and other urologic conditions (PRWeb Mar 25, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3789844.htm
Prevennia is offering a 30 day free trial of its 100% natural formula, which is proven to block the initiation of breast and prostate cell mutation. Prevennia is the most promising agent in the fight against cell mutations, which cause breast and prostate cancer, in 30 years of science and development. (PRWeb Mar 25, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3788264.htm
Imorgon Medical, a leading provider of integrated ultrasound picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), announced today that The Johns Hopkins Health System has acquired the Imorgon Ultrasound PACS for the review and diagnosis of ultrasound exams at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. (PRWeb Mar 25, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3768434.htm
Many egg donation agencies and private couples routinely exceed compensation recommendation limits for potential donors, a new study finds. From a sample of over 300 college newspapers, findings revealed that almost one-quarter of advertisements offered payment in excess of $10,000, a violation of guidelines issued by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)...
The Medical Institute - 'Prevention through Education' - has started a new project: "Your Hygiene - Your Health" via its Health Information Centers in South Africa. Another project, run by four students from the Technical University (TU) Delft (NL), closely links to the MKI-project...
Community Impact Newspaper
Women accounted for nearly 60 percent of the 39.4 million admissions to U.S. hospitals in 2007, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. According to the analysis by the federal agency, the leading reasons that women are admitted to the hospital are for pregnancy and childbirth. About 5 million of the 23...
"The expected increase in the numbers of older people in the population in the years ahead will present great opportunities for Irish society", the Minister for Older People and Health Promotion, Aine Brady TD said today in Galway...
New York Daily News
Women who have been treated for breast cancer can choose to become pregnant and have babies, without fears that pregnancy could put them at higher risk of dying from their cancer, according to a major, new study...
Women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer believe the risk of the disease occurring in their unaffected breast is as much as ten times higher than it actually is. As a result, they are choosing to have prophylactic mastectomies based on a false perception of increased risk, according to new research...
One of the most common complaints among healthy older adults relates to a decline in memory performance. This decline has been linked to an inability to ignore irrelevant information when forming memories...
Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in the 12 months after they have completed a pregnancy are 48% more likely to die than other young women with breast cancer according to new research to be presented at the seventh European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC7) in Barcelona today (Friday)...