Surgery
Another study finds colonoscopy can save lives
(HealthDay)—There's more evidence that routine colonoscopy confers life-extending benefits.
Jun 19, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Meningococcal disease ID'd in men who have sex with men
(HealthDay)—Following reports of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) among men who have sex with men (MSM), the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has recommended that MSM who have engaged ...
Jun 18, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
An ally against childhood pneumonia
(Medical Xpress)—Since 2000, children born in the United States benefit from the research of Keith Klugman, who helped develop the pneumonia vaccine that is now part of their immunization regimen. As a result, invasive ...
Jun 18, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer's many faces examined in new study
(Medical Xpress)—This year, according to the American Cancer Society, some 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women. Some of these patients will succumb to the disease, while others survive ...
Jun 7, 2013
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Health
Pen on the pulse: A better way to measure blood pressure
(Medical Xpress)—In a world-first study, researchers from The University of Queensland are using innovative pulse-reading technology to measure blood pressure to reduce cardiovascular disease.
May 28, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pneumococcal rates plunge after widespread vaccination of infants
The number of young children contracting the most common strains of potentially fatal pneumococcal disease has plummeted 97% since the universal vaccination against this bacterial disease began in 2005, with unvaccinated ...
May 27, 2013
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Medical research
New discovery in fight against deadly meningococcal disease
Professor Michael Jennings, Deputy Director of the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University, was part of an international team that discovered the previously unknown pathway of how the bacterium colonizes people.
May 23, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists find potential therapeutic target for Cushing's disease
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a protein that drives the formation of pituitary tumors in Cushing's disease, a development that may give clinicians a therapeutic target to treat this ...
May 7, 2013
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Cardiology
Minimally invasive VATS-LCSD helps children with refractory ventricular arrhythmias
Inherited ventricular arrhythmias are an important cause of morbidity and sudden cardiac death in children who have structurally normal hearts. Despite conventional medical therapy, some of these children remain symptomatic ...
May 7, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel screening tests for liver cancer
New data from two clinical trials presented today at the International Liver Congress 2013 demonstrate substantial improvements in the detection of both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) using diagnostic ...
Apr 26, 2013
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