Why are men in their seventies being PSA screened at twice the rate of men in their fifties, when it is the younger ones who would benefit the most, while many of the older ones really do not need it, researchers wrote in the Journal of Clinical Oncology…
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Breast cancer patients who become resistant to tamoxifen may have low levels of a protein called Rho GDI-alpha, according to a study published online March 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Women whose tumors have estrogen receptors (ERs) often take tamoxifen after surgery to prevent recurrence of the cancer and [...]
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mtm laboratories, a privately held diagnostics company developing, manufacturing and globally commercializing in vitro diagnostics for cervical cancer early detection and diagnosis, today announced the publication of a new paper showing that dual staining for p16 and Ki-67 can pinpoint the underlying high-grade cervical disease with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity …
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ExonHit Therapeutics (Paris:ALEHT) today announced successful completion of the first phase of the validation study of EHT Dx14, a new transcriptomic signature allowing to differentiate, at molecular level, benign breast tumors from malignant ones…
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College women who engage in “fat talk” (women speaking negatively about the size and shape of their bodies) face greater dissatisfaction with their bodies and are more likely to have internalized an ultra-thin body ideal than those who engage in fat talk less frequently, according to a review article from Psychology of Women Quarterly (published [...]
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A retrospective study of women who became pregnant while using intrauterine devices shows that more than half of the IUDs were malpositioned. Though the displacement may have occurred over time, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher suggests that routine sonograms after IUD placement would in the least confirm proper initial positioning…
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Post-sex blues is not a sexual behaviour commonly discussed, but a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) study of more than 200 young women has found one in three (32.9 per cent) had experienced the phenomenon at some point…
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(MedPage Today) — The Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil recalled an additional lot of Tylenol because of the continued presence of musty odor in the product.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — A new report highlights 42 locations throughout the U.S. that have alarmingly higher incidences of certain diseases, including cancer and birth defects.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Doctors in every state in the U.S. have the right to recommend medical marijuana for patients with a qualifying condition, but they can find themselves in legal hot water if they actually prescribe it.
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