3 days ago by Simon Kirkland

The UK Government's NHS reforms are controversial Unless you’ve been avoiding the news during the past months, you’ll have heard the phrase ‘NHS reform’ at least a few times over your morning cornflakes, and witnessed the intense political debate this phrase can stir up. This is because the Governme ...

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8 days ago by admin

Physicians may soon be able to predict dementia or the onset of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) years before clinical symptoms start to show. PET scan can help early detection of Alzheimer’s PET scan can help early detection of Alzheimer’s

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10 days ago by MW

If you are or know someone who is a current or former heavy smoker, getting screened with a low dose chest CT scan for lung cancer can be life saving. A recent study from MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas showed that by using this method for early detection, it could cut [...]

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12 days ago by Julie Ann Anderson

Blood pressure is something that people should strive to control throughout their lives, but it’s particularly important for seniors and senior health. High blood pressure is a common problem, affecting more than 50 percent of all Americans who are 60 years old or older. What is High Blood Pressure? ...

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15 days ago by Dennis Fortier

Contributed by: Dennis Fortier, President, Medical Care Corporation The National Alzheimer's Prevention Act, signed into law one year ago, calls for a national strategy for defeating this terrible disease. A late-stage draft of the strategy sets a goal to develop a cure by the year 2025. While many ...

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22 days ago by Henry Scowcroft

If you missed the news this week, read this article Amid the drama of phone hacking, economic gloom, ‘responsible’ capitalism and sinking cruise ships, the week has also seen several intriguing stories in the world of cancer research. Here’s our regular digest of the latest developments – just click ...

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27 days ago by MaverickNY

One way to potentially improve long term cancer statistics is earlier detection, and in high risk patients, appropriate initiation of earlier treatment, since it is well known that the survival in stage II or III breast cancer is noticeably better than that for stage IV metastatic disease. A critica ...

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33 days ago by Oliver Childs

Colin Barnard shares his story You may have seen the news today that Tesco has chosen Cancer Research UK as its Charity of the Year 2012 and is aiming to raise £10million. The money will be spent on research and awareness to improve early diagnosis and detection of the disease, supporting the fundin ...

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33 days ago by Barbara Kantrowitz

You've heard the message again and again: early screening for cancer saves lives. That simple message is becoming ever more complicated as a growing number of studies indicate that s creening may not be the panacea we once thought it was. The latest study to cast doubt on the effectiveness of screen ...

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38 days ago by Rica

When I was a really little kid, I wanted to be Spiderman. When I was a little girl, watching Linda Carter week after week, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. And when the movie came out, I wanted to be Supergirl. In high school, when I saw Michelle Pfeiffer don the latex, I wanted to be Catwoman (of cours ...

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