'Young' Blood Found To Fight Cancer
Published on Tuesday 30 December 2008 - 16:38 - http://www.redorbit.com/Replacing old blood with new increases the odds for survival, TAU researchers find“New blood” can revitalize a company or a sports team. Recent research by Tel Aviv University finds that young...
Study Shows Colonoscopies May Not Be As Accurate As Previously Thought
Published on Monday 29 December 2008 - 09:00 - http://charlottesville.injuryboard.com/For years doctors have believed colonoscopies, the screening test for colorectal cancer, prevented 90 percent of cancers, but a new study shows they might actually only prevent 60 percent to 70...
Prostate testing lowest in some minority men
Published on Wednesday 24 December 2008 - 18:18 - http://www.emaxhealth.com/Gay and bisexual black men are less likely to be tested for prostate cancer than men of any other racial and ethnic backgrounds regardless of their sexual orientation, according to a recent study...
Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer
Published on Tuesday 23 December 2008 - 06:00 - http://www.wired.com/''When the first cell in one of Brenda Rosenthal's ovaries mutated and turned cancerous, she felt no symptoms. The telltale pains or lumps that signal cancer were still months, if not years, away....
Selenium, Vitamin E Do Not Prevent Prostate Cancer, Study Concludes
Published on Tuesday 23 December 2008 - 05:33 - http://www.sciencedaily.com/Findings from one of the largest cancer chemoprevention trials ever conducted have concluded that selenium and vitamin E taken alone or in combination for an average of five and a half years did...
Amazingly cheap pocket-sized ultrasound device could revolutionize medical treatment
Published on Monday 22 December 2008 - 13:14 - http://chattahbox.com/(ChattahBox) A Cornell University graduate student has developed a prototype of a therapeutic ultrasound device, that is smaller, more powerful and perhaps 200 times less expensive than today s...
Trial looks at high intensity focused ultrasound for locally recurrent prostate cancer
Published on Monday 22 December 2008 - 10:00 - http://www.news-medical.net/A Phase III clinical trial at New York University is investigating the safety and efficacy of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of locally recurrent prostate cancer...
20 Years Later, Lockerbie’s Darkest Day Is Remembered
Published on Monday 22 December 2008 - 05:24 - http://www.tothecenter.com/By: Bree Shirvell''Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the bombing of American airliner Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. As memorial events are held in the U.K. and the U.S., doubts remain...
Not forgotten 20 years on: relatives and wellwishers gather to mourn victims of Lockerbie disaster
Published on Monday 22 December 2008 - 03:09 - http://www.guardian.co.uk/It was a cold, sombre and restrained event held to mark the night 20 years ago when a terrorist bomb destroyed an airliner flying 259 people home for Christmas, and devastated the unassuming...
Dosimetric Changes Resulting From Patient Rotational Setup Errors in Proton Therapy Prostate ...
Published on Monday 22 December 2008 - 00:00 - http://www.urotoday.com/Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
