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CT Colonography Screens for Cancer, Osteoporosis ...
TUESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Colorectal cancer and osteoporosis are very different diseases that a single test may be able to accurately detect, a new study says.
Source: HealthDay via Yahoo! News (Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:03:01 GMT)
Cancer stem-cell model tested by University of Michigan researchers ...
One of the most promising new ideas about the causes of cancer, known as the cancer stem-cell model, must be reassessed because it is based largely on evidence from a laboratory test that is surprisingly flawed when applied to some cancers, University of Michigan researchers have concluded.
Source: News-Medical-Net (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:21:00 GMT)
1-Stop Screening For Cancer And Osteoporosis ...
New research reveals that computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for two diseases at once - colorectal cancer and osteoporosis, both of which commonly affect adults over age 50. Results of the study will be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Source: Medical News Today (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:12:32 GMT)
Healthy Skin from the outside in ...
Take a closer look at what to look for (and what to watch out for!) in various skin care products. Holly Potter is available by appointment at Stonington Natural Health Center, Quiambaug Cove, 107 Wilcox Road, Suite 103, Stonington, Conn. Call 860-536-3880 for more information.
Source: Westerly Sun (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:36:00 GMT)
Skin Care Excerpt: 'You: Being Beautiful' ...
Drs. Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen double team the problem of aging skin.
Source: ABC News (Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:19:23 GMT)
Virtual colonoscopy has potential to screen for colorectal cancer and...
New research reveals that computed tomography (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has the potential to screen for two diseases at once-colorectal cancer and osteoporosis, both of which commonly affect adults over age 50.
Source: News-Medical-Net (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:21:20 GMT)
Genetic breakdown in Fanconi anemia may have link to HPV-associated cancer ...
A genetic malfunction that causes DNA instability in people with the blood disorder Fanconi anemia may put them at high risk for squamous cell carcinomas linked to human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a study posted online ahead of print by Oncogene.
Source: News-Medical-Net (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:37:17 GMT)
News ...
Australia?s breakthrough cancer vaccine has been given the all-clear in a follow-up study of schoolgirls who fell ill after being injected with Gardasil.
Source: The West Australian (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:08:35 GMT)
New Drug For Skin Cancer Approaching Commercialization ...
A drug that is activated by light can be a quick, simple, and cheap treatment for tens of thousands of patients with skin cancer in Sweden alone. Researcher Leif Eriksson's team at rebro University in Sweden has now received about SEK 4 million from government research financiers, the Swedish Research Council and Vinnova, to further develop and commercialize the method.
Source: Medical News Today (Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:12:37 GMT)
The Courier News Index ...
A PERTHSHIRE primary school teacher became the first in Scotland to be struck-off for incompetence, after a hearing in front of the General Teaching Council for Scotland yesterday.
Source: The Courier (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:51:11 GMT)
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