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181. 2006.12.18 -- Health Highlights: Dec. 18, 2006
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: U.S. Government May Cut Medicaid Drug Payments to Pharmacies The study of 2,104 BREAST CANCER patients, aged 60 and younger, found that 30 months after treatment, CANCER recurrence rates were 10 percent for women who received CEF and EC/T and 15 percent for those who received AC/T.
182. 2006.12.01 -- Health Highlights: Dec. 1, 2006
     "It is, however, equally important to recognize and investigate the reported adverse reactions with its use to avoid additional risk to these Army personnel." Young American adults who buy their own food and prepare meals at home eat fast food less often, consume more fruits and vegetables, and eat a more healthy diet overall than those who don't take part in the planning and cooking of their meals, according to University of Minnesota researchers who surveyed more than 1,500 people, ages 18 ...
183. 2008.03.16 -- Health Highlights: March 16, 2008
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: "We think this technique has a lot of potential for detecting the disease early on." "The majority of these cases will be detected in their later stages, greatly reducing their chances of survival."
184. 2008.03.15 -- Health Highlights: March 15, 2008
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: An accompanying commentary noted that the study's findings are "relevant to many areas of the world that face similar threats and the emergence of epidemics of heart disease." The commentary said that in "some developing countries, such as India, the epidemiological transition has been more rapid and the speed of transition will vary from country to country depending on the exposure time and ...
185. 2008.01.03 -- BREAST CANCER Gene Might Extend Ovarian CANCER Survival
     BREAST CANCER Gene Might Extend Ovarian CANCER Survival "It's possible that patients with these mutations respond better to chemotherapy -- hopefully, once we learn more about the mechanisms of this response, tailoring individual treatment will further improve survival." -- Madeline Vann SOURCE: American Society of Clinical Oncology, news release, Jan. 1, 2008 id=611317
186. 2007.12.19 -- Area Around BREAST Tumor May Predict CANCER's Spread
     I don't see it as a cure, but it could contain future spread." There's more on the p53 gene at the U.S. National Library of Medicine. SOURCES: Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., chair, Cleveland Clinic Genomic Medicine Institute, Ohio; Steve A. Maxwell, Ph.D., associate professor, molecular and cellular medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, College Station; Dec. 20, 2007, New England Journal of Medicine id=611079
187. 2007.10.31 -- Obesity Linked to Increased CANCER Risk
     They clearly put the emphasis where the emphasis needs to be, and that's on controlling your weight." SOURCES: Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of CANCER: A Global Perspective, American Institute for CANCER Research and World CANCER Research Fund, Oct. 31, 2007; Colleen Doyle, M.S., R.D., director, nutrition and physical activity, American CANCER Society, Atlanta;Carolyn Lammersfeld, M.A, national director of nutrition, CANCER Treatment Centers of America; Karen Collins,...
188. 2007.10.02 -- Health Highlights: Oct. 2, 2007
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: It may be possible to use a vaccine for Epstein Barr virus (EBV) -- a widespread herpes virus -- to stimulate the immune system to attack CANCER cells, says a study presented at the National CANCER Research Institute conference in the U.K. "A recall like this does show that we are on the job, we are doing our inspections, our investigation, and we respond when we find problems to make sure that...
189. 2007.10.01 -- Health Highlights: Oct. 1, 2007
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: "A recall like this does show that we are on the job, we are doing our inspections, our investigation, and we respond when we find problems to make sure that the supply is safe." "The doctors need to raise their level of suspicion for any traveler who returns with a fever."
190. 2007.09.14 -- Osteoporosis Drug Evista Approved to Cut Risk of BREAST CANCER
     September 14, 2007 Osteoporosis Drug Evista Approved to Cut Risk of BREAST CANCER More information
191. 2007.07.11 -- Reevaluating Hormone Replacement Therapy
     "At the time WHI was started in the early 1990s, it was becoming increasingly common in clinical practice to use hormone therapy in older women who were at high risk of cardiovascular disease, or who already had a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, in order to prevent future cardiovascular events." SOURCES: July 11, 2007, teleconference with JoAnn Manson, M.D., chief, division of preventive medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and Nieca Goldberg, M.D., medical director of the ...
192. 2007.05.13 -- Health Highlights: May 13, 2007
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Tumor Blocker Found to Prevent Growth of BREAST CANCER Enzyme Results of the research were to be announced Friday at a meeting of the Society for Cardiovascular Angioplasty and Interventions, in Orlando, Fla.
193. 2007.04.11 -- Gene Studies Offer Insights Into CANCER
     "If we can develop chemical compounds that will inactivate these genes, it will have profound implications for blocking the growth of tumors and have very little side effect on normal tissue." "There is potential for treatments in the future that might dramatically reduce the amount of these chemotherapeutic drugs that need to be applied in order for them to be effective." SOURCES: Michael White, Ph.D., professor of cell biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; ...
194. 2007.04.02 -- New Mammography Guidelines Issued for Women 40-49
     In an editorial accompanying the guidelines, the authors concluded that "no simple recommendation applies to all women in their 40s." The best strategy, they wrote, is for physicians to listen carefully to patients and to communicate to them "the benefits and limitations of our imperfect tests." In 2006, American CANCER Society recommended annual mammograms for women beginning at age 40. And the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening mammography every one to two years for ...
195. 2007.03.09 -- Heated 'Nanoprobes' Destroy BREAST CANCER Cells
     March 09, 2007 Heated 'Nanoprobes' Destroy BREAST CANCER Cells -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: University of California, Davis, news release, March 6, 2007 id=602552
196. 2006.11.27 -- New BREAST Scanner Rivals Mammograms
     "If something is smack in the middle of dense tissue, we may not be able to see it." "Five years from now, we'll be in a lot better shape, but right now, we have to see which ones will end up being the best." SOURCES: Joshua Kalowitz, M.D., chief of BREAST imaging, Maimonides CANCER Center, New York City; Nov. 27, 2006, presentation, Radiological Society of North America annual meeting, Chicago Copyright © 2006 ScoutNews, LLC.
197. 2006.12.31 -- High-Tech Mammograms Will Change BREAST CANCER Care
     "Five years from now, we'll be in a lot better shape, but right now, we have to see which ones will end up being the best." SOURCES: Carl D'Orsi, M.D., co-chairman, American College of Radiology BREAST Imaging Commission, and professor of radiology and director, BREAST Imaging Center at Emory University, Atlanta; Priscilla F. Butler, senior director, American College of Radiology BREAST Imaging Accreditation Programs; Joshua Kalowitz, M.D., chief of BREAST imaging, Maimonides CANCER Center, ...
198. 2008.04.24 -- Health Highlights: April 24, 2008
     Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Proximity to Mercury Pollution Source Linked to Autism Risk Many of the workers wore T-shirts with the slogan "Nobody deserves to work in an ashtray."
199. 2008.02.28 -- Heart Hormones Beat Back CANCERs in Mice
     So, first we took four of them that all come from the same gene, and looked at them in laboratory cell cultures, and found that they essentially eliminated 97 percent of exposed CANCER cells within 24 hours." SOURCES: Len Lichtenfeld, M.D., FACP, deputy chief medical officer, American CANCER Society, Atlanta; David L. Vesely, M.D., Ph.D., professor, medicine, department of internal medicine, and director, department of molecular pharmacology and physiology, University of South Florida Cardiac...
200. 2008.02.20 -- CANCER Death Rates Still Declining
     "But we can say that this occurred for almost all of the major CANCER sites for men and women, which include colon and rectum in both men and women, BREAST CANCER in women, and prostate CANCER in men." "This is both good news and bad news," said Dr. Louis Weiner, director of the Lombardi Comprehensive CANCER Center at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. "The good news is that CANCER rates continue to decline, and that the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans have been saved over ...

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