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- Blood Test Accurately Predicts Death From Prostate Cancer Up To 25 Years In Advance
March 22, 2017
Read MoreBlood test Accurately Predicts Death from Prostate Cancer up to 25 Years in Advance A blood test at the age of 60 can accurately predict the risk that a man will die from prostate cancer within the next 25 years, according to researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, in New York, and Lund University, in […]
- Women Should Increase Calcium Intake To Reduce Risk Of Colon Cancer
March 22, 2017
Read MoreWomen should increase calcium intake to reduce risk of colon cancer Women may be able to reduce their risk of colon cancer by taking more calcium, either in foods or as supplements. According to a study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, women who took more calcium from either food or supplements […]
- Report Shows Cholesterol Drugs May Prevent Heart Attack And Stroke In Healthy Patients
March 22, 2017
Read MoreReport Shows Cholesterol Drugs May Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke In Healthy Patients A large new study suggests that millions more people could benefit from taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, even if they have low cholesterol, because the drugs can significantly lower their risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death. The study, involving […]
- Doppler Ultrasound Helps Identify Breast Cancer Without Biopsy
March 22, 2017
Read MoreDoppler Ultrasound Helps Identify Breast Cancer Without Biopsy An article just published in the medical journal Radiology finds that 3-D Doppler ultrasound can help distinguish between malignant and benign breast lesions. In a group of women with suspicious breast lesions, 3-D power Doppler assessment of lesion vascularity had a 100% sensitivity and 86% specificity. That […]
- More Cancer Patients Needed To Participants In Clinical Trials
March 22, 2017
Read MoreMore Cancer Patients Needed to Participate in Clinical Trials More needs to be done to educate the general public of the critical need for clinical trial participation. Nationally, experts say only a very small percentage of cancer patients participate. According to a 2008 editorial in The Oncologist, only half of the clinical trials sponsored by […]
- Doctors Should Routinely Screen Every Adult Over Age 50 For Colon Cancer
March 22, 2017
Read MoreDoctors should routinely screen every adult over age 50 for colon cancer Universal screening of everyone over age 50 for colon cancer could prevent 32,000 deaths a year. But nearly 40% of those adults are not receiving screening from their doctors. In 2008, there were 22 million people over age 59 that have not been […]
- Far More African Americans Die From Cancer Than White Americans
March 22, 2017
Read MoreStat: Far More African Americans Die From Cancer Than White Americans The gap in cancer mortality rates between African Americans and white Americans remains as wide as it was in 1981, according to a recent study published by the American Cancer Society. According to the report, blacks are more likely to develop cancer and to […]
- Alert Research Followup Links Hormone Replacement Therapy To Excess Breast Cancer Risks
March 22, 2017
Read MoreAlert: research follow-up links hormone replacement therapy to excess breast cancer risks Researchers continue to try to determine how Estrogen-Progestin Hormone Therapy affects risk of breast cancer and breast cancer deaths. In an important research development, the eleven-year follow-up to the Women’s Health Initiative shows marginally higher breast cancer death rates in women who took […]
- New Predictor Of Heart Trouble Kidney Disease
March 22, 2017
Read MoreNew Predictor of Heart Trouble: Protein in the Urine According to a new study published in the open access medical journel PLoS Medicine, patients who suffer from certain types of kidney disease are at increased risk of heart attack and heart disease. The study demonstrated that patients with proteinurea (increased levels of protein in the […]
- Many Heart Patients Being Stented Unnecessarily
March 22, 2017
Read MoreMany Heart Patients Being Stented Unnecessarily A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that many people with clogged heart arteries are being overtreated with stents and that a simple blood-flow test can help prevent unnecessary stenting. By using the blood-flow test, called fractional flow reserve, to decide when a stent […]