More immigrant women are getting mammograms now than a decade ago.
Fewer immigrant women receive mammograms than native-born American women, according to Penn State researchers, who note that more immigrant women...
Fewer immigrant women receive mammograms than native-born American women, according to Penn State researchers, who note that more immigrant women...
Ovarian cancer is one of the most frequent forms of cancer that affect women. As tumors can initially grow unchecked...
In Spain, 5-year survival following breast cancer diagnosis is more than 83%. Around 66% suffer fatigue following treatment. A Spanish...
Eurekalert Sept 12 2011 Higher flu vaccination rates for health care personnel can dramatically reduce the threat of flu outbreak among...
Targeted agent avoids healthy cells, blocks proteins that prevent cell death in tumors HOUSTON -- Gene therapy delivered directly to a...
HOUSTON - (Sept. 7, 2011) - An analysis of the genome of a superbug has yielded crucial, novel information that...
Approach may help some women avoid mastectomy San Francisco, CA - Whether chemotherapy is given before or after breast-conserving therapy (BCT)...
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – At any given time, one of every 20 hospital patients has a hospital-acquired...
Sleep disorders affect 40 percent of Canadians Quebec City, September 8, 2011—Sleep disorders affect 40% of adult Canadians according to a...
Aggressive medical therapy could help prevent stroke To prevent a common type of stroke, intensive medical therapy could be better by...
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition's...
Children who live in households where they are exposed to tobacco smoke miss more days of school than do children...
STANFORD, Calif. - Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital have used a novel...
Those at risk because of family history may soon obtain tests to detect the genetic error before symptoms emerge A new...
Richmond, Va. (September 1, 2011) –It is widely known that mutations in the breast cancer susceptibility 1 (BRCA1) gene significantly...
Since HIV infection rates began to rise again around 2000, researchers have been grasping for answers on what could be...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Researchers at Rutgers University and the University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that...
SEATTLE – For the first time, researchers at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance have demonstrated the feasibility of using serial positron...
Injections of pegloticase, a modified porcine enzyme, can produce significant and sustained clinical improvements in 2 out of 5 patients...
Investigators from the Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have reported findings that may shed light on why African American women...
A study conducted by VHIO researchers confirms that a lack of vitamin D increases the aggressiveness of colon cancer The indication...
Depending on the total dosage of zinc and the composition of lozenges, zinc lozenges may shorten the duration of common...
An outbreak strain of Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and sometimes life-threatening inflammation of the colon, is common...
August 11, 2011 (Aurora, CO)--In an article published online this week in Nature Genetics, a University of Colorado Cancer Center...
Published online on Aug. 7, 2011, the journal Nature Medicine reports that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including ibuprofen reduce the severity...
Boston, MA – A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers finds a strong association between the...
An international team of scientists has identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the...
Columbia University Medical Center researchers have shown that new, or "de novo," protein-altering mutations—genetic errors that are present in patients...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (August 1, 2011) — A groundbreaking new study published in the journal, Health Affairs, suggests that increases in...
August 4 2011 Newswise — Wearing compression stockings may be a simple low-tech way to improve obstructive sleep apnea in patients...