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| New Insight Into Aggressive Childhood Cancer - A new study reveals critical molecular mechanisms associated with the development and progression of human neuroblastoma, the most common cancer in young children. The research, published by Cell Press in the January 6th issue of the journal Cancer Cell, may lead to development of future strategies for treatment of this aggressive and unpredictable cancer. |
| Inflammatory Breast Cancer: A Complex Disease - This article reviews the following: "Molecular Determinants of the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Phenotype". |
| 21st Century Challenge Of Ovarian Cancer In The Elderly, A Personal Perspective - Cancernetwork.com - The incidence of ovarian cancer is highest in women over 70 years old, and the disease is the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancies in the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, improving the quality of medical care for elderly women with ovarian cancer continues to be a challenge. |
| New Hope For Cancer Comes Straight From The Heart - Digitalis-based drugs like digoxin have been used for centuries to treat patients with irregular heart rhythms and heart failure and are still in use today. In the Dec. 16 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine now report that this same class of drugs may hold new promise as a treatment for cancer. This finding emerged through a search for existing drugs that might slow or stop cancer progression. |
| 2nd Eastern Mediterranean Meeting Of The European Association Of Urology Expected To Highlight Cystectomy - Because the 1st Eastern Mediterranean Meeting (EMM), which was held in Antalya (TR) in 2007, was a great success the 'second edition' will be organised on 23 and 24 January 2009 in the Pyramisa hotel in Cairo (EG). Approximately 250 participants from the eastern Mediterranean area are expected to participate. |
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| Public Health News From Medical News Today |
| Tennessean Editorial, Opinion Piece Address Language Barriers In Health Care - The Tennessean on Friday published an editorial and an opinion piece that addressed issues related to language barriers in health care. Summaries appear below. |
| New Standard For Popular Stevia-Based Sweetener To Assure Product's Quality - Responding to the growing popularity of a plant-based sweetener, the U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention has announced it is developing a new standard to be included in the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) that will help food and beverage manufacturers assure the product's quality for consumers. USP is seeking comments from the food and beverage industry as well as all other interested parties on the proposed new standard for this new sweetener, Rebaudioside A. |
| Link Between Maternity Leave, Fewer C-Sections And Increased Breastfeeding - Two new studies led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, suggest that taking maternity leave before and after the birth of a baby is a good investment in terms of health benefits for both mothers and newborns. One study found that women who started their leave in the last month of pregnancy were less likely to have cesarean deliveries, while another found that new mothers were more likely to establish breastfeeding the longer they delayed their return to work. |
| Medical Errors, Apologies And Apology Laws - Editorial Apologizing for medical errors is both ethically and professionally responsible and also crucial for improving patient safety and quality of care, write Dr. Noni MacDonald and Dr. Amir Attaran and the CMJA editorial team. They point out that an apology can have significant healing effects for the patient, family and physician. |
| Washington Post Examines Shortage Of General Surgeons In Rural U.S. - The Washington Post recently examined how "various forces -- educational, medical and sociological -- are making" general surgeons "an endangered species" in rural areas of the U.S. According to the Post, for the one-quarter of U.S. |
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