Declining incidence and death rates for some of the nation’s most common cancers mean physicians can take a deep breath, pat themselves on the back and keep up the good work.
It looks like increasing screening rates and encouraging patients to toss out the cigarettes are effective strategies, but more patients should be following through on both, according to the “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005.”
The report, Read the rest of this entry »
Health Highlights: Oct. 12, 2008
10.11.08,
8:00 PM ET
Here are some of the latest health and medical news
developments, compiled by editors of
An Oklahoma law forbidding a woman from having an abortion until
she has an ultrasound and has a physician give her a description of
the fetus is being challenged in court.
, the law, which goes
into effect Nov. 1, is being contested on grounds that it violates
a woman's privacy, endangers Read the rest of this entry »
“By far, the majority [of reversals] are due to remarriage,” said Dr. Tony Makhlouf, a urologist and assistant professor of reproductive health at the University of Minnesota. “Very few are much older men, the rich old guy with a younger wife,” said Makhlouf, who performs about 30 reversals annually. His success rate is as high as 90 percent at a cost of about $8,000. “Most [spouses] are female professionals who marry later. When I walk into the room Read the rest of this entry »
New drugs for the painful joint condition rheumatoid arthritis have made a big difference to some patients’ lives. But there is a down side. They dampen down the immune system, which can leave people at more risk of infection. And new research suggests they may also increase the chances of getting shingles, a condition that causes painful blisters.
What do we know already?
Rheumatoid arthritis happens when the body’s own immune system (which usually Read the rest of this entry »
Feb. 24, 2009 — National spending on health care is expected to double to
$4.4 trillion per year by 2018, a projection likely to be the underpinning of
an expected call for broad health reform by President Obama in a televised
address to Congress this evening.
At the same time, more than 20% of the economy will be taken up by health
costs by 2018, according to government projections released today. Health care
currently makes up about 16.2% of Read the rest of this entry »
LifeScript is the #1 website dedicated to women’s health. The company
provides practical, female-friendly content on diet and fitness, weight
loss, anti-aging, relationships, family health and other topics. Through
its newly redesigned portal (
),
LifeScript inspires women to be proactive about their health. It also
provides a platform for advertisers to reach the Internet’s most active
health decision-makers. Read the rest of this entry »
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AMHERSTBURG — The Amherstburg Family Health Team (AFHT) has received approval from the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) to implement the delivery of health-related services via videoconferencing said Mike Levitt, Administrator.
The Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that is funded by the Government of Ontario. “Telemedicine” is the delivery of health-related services and information using telecommunications Read the rest of this entry »
Boston, MA—An international group of scientific experts has updated
’ Mediterranean Diet Pyramid to emphasize the central role of foods from plant sources as the core of healthy eating. The scientists met at Oldways’ 15th Anniversary Mediterranean Diet Conference.
“It’s been 15 years since Oldways introduced the Mediterranean-style diet and Mediterranean Diet Pyramid here in the United States,” said Oldways Founder and President, K. Read the rest of this entry »
Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug produced from animals that have been injected with a human gene, paving the way for a new class of biotechnology drugs which could potentially be mass-produced at much lower cost than current therapies.
The drug utilizes an anti-clotting protein called antithrombin, which can prevent fatal blood clots caused by a rare disorder in people who are deficient in the protein. Read the rest of this entry »