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New gene findings will help guide treatment in infant leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Pediatric oncologists have identified specific genes, dubbed partner genes, that fuse with another gene to drive an often-fatal form of leukemia in infants. By more accurately defining specific partner genes, researchers ...


Childhood cancer survivor study report: Late recurrence is a risk for some cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Late recurrence is a risk for some pediatric cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and tumors of the central nervous system, according to a new study published online December 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


Repeat negative CT scan for lung cancer does not encourage ex-smokers to resume the habit

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Assurance of a cancer-free status did not prompt people participating in a long-term computerized tomography (CT) lung-cancer screening program to pick up their cigarettes again, researchers wrote in a study published in ...


Lower income women report more insurance-based discrimination during pregnancy, delivery

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to an analysis of statewide data taken from 1998-2001, women in Oregon who made less than $50,000 a year were more than three times likely to report they were discriminated against by health providers because of ...


How to read brain activity?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the very first time, scientists show what EEG can really tell us about how the brain functions.


Head and neck cancer survivors who use alcohol and cigarettes have increased death risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption before head and neck cancer diagnosis strongly predicts the patient's future risk of death, according to published studies. Now, results of a new study show a similar effect among ...


Transplant infectious disease experts provide pandemic guidance

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Surgeons and other healthcare professionals specialising in solid organ transplants have been issued with expert advice to guide them through the complex clinical issues posed by the global H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic.


Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea (AP)

Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.


High-risk women reluctant to take tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer, study finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Even when women at high-risk of breast cancer are well-informed about the risks and benefits of using the drug tamoxifen for prevention, only 6 percent said they were likely to take it.


New guidelines for treating complicated skin and soft tissue infections

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New evidence-based recommendations developed by the Surgical Infection Society to guide physicians in the diagnosis and management of complicated skin and soft tissue infections have been published in Surgical Infections.



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