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Routine evaluation of prostate size not as effective in cancer screening (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Mayo Clinic research studied the association between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and prostate size and found that routine annual evaluation of prostate growth is not necessarily a predictor for the development ...


Study shows stroke incidence related to angioplasty remains steady over past 15 years

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results of a Mayo Clinic study show the incidence of stroke or mini-stroke related to a coronary angioplasty remained steady over a 15-year period. Researchers say this is good news because physicians now are performing the ...


Research findings key for understanding, interpreting genetic testing for long QT syndrome

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results of a long QT syndrome (LQTS) study published in the current issue of Circulation play an important role in understanding genetic testing's role in diagnosing disease, according to the senior author, Michael Ackerman, ...


Researchers find robotic repair for vaginal prolapse has significant benefits

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Mayo Clinic research has found that robotic surgery for vaginal prolapse dramatically reduces patient hospital stay and recovery time. These findings are being presented this week at the North Central Section of the American ...


Rice sociologist looks at pediatric physicians' views on religion, spirituality

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pediatricians and pediatric oncologists express differing views on religion and spirituality, largely based on the types of patients they treat, according to a survey that will appear in the current edition ...


Laser surgery does not appear to have long-term effects on corneal cells

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Laser eye surgery to correct vision problems does not appear to be associated with lasting changes to cells lining the inside of the cornea at nine years after the procedure, according to a report in the November issue of ...


Postmortem genetic tests after sudden death may provide less expensive way to identify risk

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeted postmortem testing to identify genetic mutations associated with sudden unexplained death (SUD) is an effective and less expensive way to determine risk to relatives than comprehensive cardiac testing of first degree ...


Burned out, depressed surgeons more likely to commit more major medical errors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgeons who are burned out or depressed are more likely to say they had recently committed a major error on the job, according to the largest study to date on physician burnout. The new findings suggest that the mental well-being ...


Tumor-initiating Cells Detected in Pten Null Prostate Cancer Model

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New findings published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, advance the current understanding of the role of stem/progenitor cells on the initiation and progression of pro ...


Left side grafting is procedure of choice for adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study by doctors at Shinshu University, School of Medicine, in Japan determined that left side grafting has lower risk to donors compared to grafts taken from the right lobe, and it appears to be the procedure of ...



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