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New meaning to Air Force?

Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The Air Force's shock and awe campaign may soon have new meaning.
 
The Defense Department will soon sanction studies on the effectiveness of treating the 100,000 troops who have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury and it's looking to attack them through the air...or using oxygen via hyperbaric chambers.

Prostate prevention possibilities

Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010

In a report from the NEJM released late yesterday, researchers say they have found Dutasteride, already on the market, cuts cancer risk by about 25 percent.
 
According to the research, men who are considered as an above-normal risk of developing prostate cancer may be able to reduce their risk of developing the disease by taking a drug commonly known as Avodart. University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Dr. Lee Ponsky, director of urologic oncology, said the drug is used to shrink enlarged prostates, but was found to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by about a quarter in high-risk men.

Too quick to cut?

Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010

It has always been the last resort, now new research says it may not help anyway.

Having a breast removed as a result of a cancer diagnosis doesn't always mean a woman will live longer according to the latest study released from breast cancer conference in Barcelona. Researchers said that in women with breast cancer, who also have genetic mutations that make them more susceptible to the disease, women appear to live just as long whether they choose treatment that preserves their breast or have a breast removal, or mastectomy.

Breast cancer's pregnant pause

Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010

According to a new study released late yesterday, new data says that women who survive breast cancer and have children following treatment don't appear to be at any higher risk of dying from cancer

The moderate revelation contradicts previous trepidation from physicians who cautioned against conception because it might spark hormonal changes in breast cancer survivors that could spur the disease's return. University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Dr. Joseph Baar, an oncologist and breast cancer expert who specializes in research and trial data, can discuss the latest findings and provide opinion on how it could impact treatment and medical recommendation from physicians.

Clinton's heart gets a pardon

Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2010

Former President Bill Clinton was granted clemency yesterday...his heart given a unique version of a belated presidential pardon.

Yesterday, former President Bill Clinton was taken to a Manhattan hospital where he had two stents installed in his coronary arteries. With a former history of heart trouble that included quadruple bypass surgery, Clinton ignored chest pains for more than two days until having the surgery to remedy a blocked graft from that past surgery.