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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team Breast cancer info 23 weeks 6 days 15 hours 37 minutes ago
Risedronate, better known by the brand name Actonel, is effective for maintaining or improving the bone strength of women who have had chemotherapy for breast cancer, researchers report.
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submitted by Grace for team Breast cancer info 62 weeks 4 days 5 hours 3 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In premenopausal women with fibroids, the breast cancer drug anastrozole (Arimidex) reduces fibroid size and improves bothersome symptoms, according to results of a prospective study conducted at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece.
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submitted by Elizabeth for team Breast cancer info 41 weeks 3 days 13 hours 15 minutes ago
AP - The advice made her head spin: Have the lump removed. No, let them take the whole breast. Chemo? Radiation? Everyone seemed to have an opinion.
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submitted by Lisa 69 weeks 2 days 7 hours 28 minutes ago
Researchers have solved a medical mystery that has eluded them for hundreds of years, demonstrating that an abundance of abnormal skin proteins causes the blotchy skin condition called rosacea.
In a study published Sunday in the journal Nature Medicine's online edition, scientists showed that people with rosacea...(more)
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submitted by wendylee for team staff news 73 weeks 16 hours 52 minutes ago
Asian-Americans, both those born here and new immigrants, have distinctive patterns of cancer incidence that doctors should consider when treating them, researchers have found.
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submitted by wendylee for team staff news 73 weeks 17 hours 13 minutes ago
West Nile virus is off to an early start this year prompting health officials to call on the public to take aggressive preventive measures. So far, Kern County leads in the number of cases reported of the mosquito-borne disease, with three people who have become ill...(more)
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A 4-year-old boy lay on an operating table here a few weeks ago with a tumor that had eaten into his brain and the base of his skull. Standard surgery would involve cutting open his face, leaving an ugly scar and hindering his facial growth as...(more)
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submitted by wendylee for team staff news 73 weeks 16 hours 56 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, July 10 — Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional panel Tuesday that top Bush administration officials repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports because of political considerations.
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submitted by Lisa 46 weeks 3 days 13 hours 41 minutes ago
Many African countries now have more doctors and nurses working in richer countries abroad than they have at home, research shows.
There has long been concern about the exodus of African medics, but the Human Resources for Health study suggests the problem may be greater than assumed....(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Breast cancer info 77 weeks 2 days 13 hours 7 minutes ago
Anti-cancer drugs called histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors improved long-term memory and strengthened neural connections in the brains of mice, says a University of California, Irvine, study.
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submitted by wendylee for team staff news 71 weeks 3 days 4 hours 28 minutes ago
West Nile virus, spread by mosquitoes, has taken an early hold on parts of California this summer, sickening 27 people statewide compared with only five last year at this time.
Unusually high temperatures throughout the state in March triggered an earlier start to the West Nile virus...(more)
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