Source: MD Becker Partners, Life Science Digest; American Cancer Society An estimated 1.1 million patients were treated with radiation in 2009, representing an increase of 15% from 2007 according to a market research study published by IMV Medical Information Division. The clinical application of radiation therapy in oncology (using high-energy radiation to shrink tumors and [...]
Source: British Journal of Medicine While all oral contraceptives include some risk of adverse side effects, Yaz has an unusually extensive list of potential problems. Medical studies have established a clear correlation (link) betweeen women taking Yaz has and the following serious medical conditions: Heart attack Blood clots Stroke Pulmonary embolism Kidney failure Pancreatitis [...]
Source: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, BBC Health Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed male cancer in the USA, and the country's second biggest cancer killer, after lung cancer. 16 million males worldwide are cancer survivors; 2 million are American. A recent publicized study now suggests that men who drink six or more [...]
by: Daniel J. DeNoon April 20, 2011 — The FDA has approved Roche's new test for human papillomavirus (HPV), the first one-pass test to specifically identify the two HPV strains that cause 70% of cervical cancers. The sexually transmitted human papillomavirus causes nearly all cervical cancers. Current HPV tests can detect the presence or absence [...]
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology, March 21, 2011 A 10 year follow-up of women aged 50 and over with early breast cancer whose chemotherapy included Tamoxifen has been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The study by researchers at Cancer Research UK touts the benefits of 5 years of Tamoxifen therapy. Tamoxifen or NOLVADEX® [...]
Source: Journal Pediatrics, 2011. A recent study by Danish researchers of the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, concludes that a low Apgar score is associated with an increased risk of ADHD in childhood. What does it all mean? The Apgar score was devised in 1952 by Dr. Virginia Apgar (an [...]
Source: US Food & Drug Administration Yes, that is quite the attention getter. And no, you can't view it on your home theater system. Mammography is generally felt to be the current best tool for early detection of breast cancer. It is a safe, low-dose X-ray of the breast. The National Cancer Institute recommends women [...]
Sources: Cancer Research UK; BBC Health News; American Cancer Society; US National Cancer Institute According to Britain's Cancer Research UK, the risk of a woman developing breast cancer has increased from 1 in 9 to 1 in 8. Breast cancer rates in the UK have increased by 3.5% in 10 years, from 42,400 new cases [...]
Source: US Food & Drug Administration Another "Oops!" from the US FDA. Scientists from the US Government Agency have reached that conclusion after examining scientific literature on cases of ALCL in 34 women with breast implants, as well as information from agency reports, international regulatory agencies, scientific experts, and breast implant manufacturers themselves. The official statement reads: [...]
Sources: BBC Health News; Oncogene Researchers at the University of East Anglia (in Norwich, in the UK) claim to have discovered a gene which may cause cancer cells to move throughout the body. Experiments on tissue cultures (this is all currently in a lab) published in Oncogene, suggest that blocking it would prevent cancers spreading. [...]