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Breast Cancer Hormone Receptor Status And Risk Of A Second Primary Tumor
Women with hormone receptor negative first tumors have twice as much risk for developing a second breast cancer as women with HR-positive tumors, according to a new study.
Swine flu goes to camp. Will it go to school next?
The summertime outbreak provides an education for school districts and universities, whose administrators are bracing for illness. Hundreds of children have been sent home from summer camps across Southern California in recent weeks...
Report Sees Agent Orange Link to More Illnesses
People exposed to Agent Orange appear to be more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease and ischemic heart disease, a panel of experts reports.
Is RTA a new potential option for the treatment of hydatid cysts?
Current treatment of cystic echinococcosis is surgery or percutaneous aspiration, injection and reaspiration (PAIR) using hypertonic saline or ethanol. It is aimed at causing permanent damage to the endocyst -...
Pandemic could overwhelm critical care beds in England, especially children's units
Experts in intensive care and anaesthesia have predicted that the current swine flu pandemic could overwhelm critical care beds and ventilators in England, with hospitals on the South East Coast,...
Knee injuries may start with strain on the brain, not the muscles
New research shows that training your brain may be just as effective as training your muscles in preventing ACL knee injuries, and suggests a shift from performance-based to prevention-based athletic...
One in six public health workers unlikely to respond in pandemic flu emergency
Approximately one in six public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency regardless of its severity, according to a survey led by researchers...
In vitro antibody production enables HIV infection detection in window period -- key to safer blood
Researchers in Israel and Kenya have shown that the contribution of variable degrees of immune suppression, either due to existing chronic infections such as parasitemias and/or nutrition, in different populations may influence and...
Antiretroviral microbicides enter clinical trials
Testing is under way for microbicidal gels containing antiretroviral drugs that could inhibit HIV infection.
Lifestyle culprit in increase in cardiovascular disease
Despite the perception that cardiovascular disease is a problem of industrialized countries, it is the leading cause of death everywhere except Africa, where it is eclipsed by the raging AIDS...
Physician Communication Skills Essential for Patient Adherence
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at UC Riverside and Texas State University find that patients are more likely to follow treatment regimens when doctors are better communicators.
Swine flu spreading within Yukon
Two more cases of swine flu were confirmed in the Yukon on Thursday, with the territorial medical health officer noting that Yukoners don't have to be travelling to get the...
1st swine flu death reported in Nova Scotia
A woman with swine flu died in a Nova Scotia hospital early Friday - the province's first death linked to the virus.
Neuronal survival and axonal regrowth obtained in vitro
While repair of the central nervous system has long been considered impossible, French researchers from Inserm, the CNRS and the UPMC have just developed a strategy that could promote neuronal...
Pharma’s shot in the arm?
Swine flu may be causing suffering around the world, but pharma firms seem to be profiting from the pandemic
3 arrested in prescription drug busts
RCMP and Cape Breton Regional Police say they've seized more than 1,000 tablets of oxycodone and morphine in Glace Bay and Pictou County.
Justin Timberlake Opens First Eco-Friendly Golf Course
Irrigation systems to maximize the use of rainwater, native landscaping and solar-powered golf carts.
Crucial radioisotope in short supply
NEW YORK, July 24 (UPI) -- A world-wide shortage of a crucial radioisotope threatens to set back the quality of medical care several decades, U.S. doctors said.
Mexico swine flu 'patient zero' was baby girl in February
Mexico's first known swine flu case was a six-month-old baby girl in a northern part of the country who had no known contact with pig farms, the head of a...
The disease markers that will aid arthritis research
A combination of biochemical and MRI markers will allow improved measurement of osteoarthritis (OA) progression. The biomarkers, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research and Therapy, will be...
Researchers: Zimbabwe's crisis driving HIV decline
(AP) -- Fewer Zimbabweans are getting infected with AIDS, and researchers speculate it's due in part to a battered economy that's leaving men short of money to be sugar...
The truth about Arab science
Can we look forward to a boom in Arab science or will poverty, bureaucracy and religion be insurmountable obstacles?
BALCO agent searches for steroids in supplements
(AP) -- The investigator who led the BALCO probe has taken aim at a San Francisco-area supplement manufacturer, claiming the products they sell are laced with designer steroids.
Grafting technique reduces bacterial wilt incidence in eggplant
Increased yield, as a consequence of reduced bacterial wilt infection made up the results obtained by UPLB researchers using grafting technique in eggplant production.
Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids Associated With Ongoing Benefits for Children With Breathing Problems During Sleep
Two and a half years after children with sleep-related breathing disorders had surgery to remove their tonsils and adenoids (glands in the back of the throat), they appear to sleep...
Swine Flu May Cause Seizures in Children
The warning of possible neurological side effects to swine flu should not cause alarm, doctors say, although some questions remain.
Radioactive Drug for Tests Is in Short Supply
The closing of two nuclear reactors is creating a shortage in a drug crucial to tests for cardiac disease and cancer.
First stem cell transplant on Chilean leukemia patient
A middle-aged leukemia patient has became Chile's first patient to receive stem cells from an umbilical cord in a radical procedure that could cure the disease, health officials here said...