Diagnosis At Earliest Stage For Majority Of Kidney Cancers Patients in the United States today are now much more likely to be diagnosed with smaller tumors, in the earliest, most treatable stage of kidney cancer than a decade ago, leading to a slightly higher survival rate, according to the results of a national study led by a UC San Diego Medical Center researcher.Christopher J. Kane, M.D.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAggressive Multi-Modality Treatments May Lead To Better Outcomes For Patients 75 Years And Older With Brain Tumors A new study from University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) finds that elderly patients - 75 years old and older - with malignant brain tumors are not treated as aggressively as patients between 65 and 75 years old. Furthermore, the researchers find that if patients over 75 years old are treated aggressively, such as with surgery and radiation, they have better survival rates.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comChimp Receives Surgery From A UK Orthopedic Surgeon To Correct A Deformity An orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Liverpool has performed a groundbreaking operation on a chimp in Cameroon to correct a deformity more commonly seen in dogs.The three year-old chimp called Janet was rescued from the Cameroon pet trade last year and now lives in a chimpanzee reserve supported by the Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBiomedical Imaging To Benefit From Laser Developments By Physicists At CCNY A team of physicists in the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) of the Physics Department at The City College of New York (CCNY) have developed new near-infrared broadband laser materials with tunability ranges around triple those of earlier crystals.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy Looks At U.S.-Born, Foreign-Born Adults' Use Of Medical Services "Does Being an Immigrant Make a Difference in Seeking Physician Services?" Journal of
Health Care for the Poor and Underserved: The study looked at how immigration status, acculturation and
health care beliefs affect U.S-born and foreign-born adults' use of medical services.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSerbia Making Progress Against HIV/AIDS, Health Minister Says The number of people living with HIV and dying from AIDS-related causes in Serbia is reaching a plateau because of bolstered prevention measures in the country,
Health Minister Tomica Milosavljevic said at a recent press conference, Radio B92 reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comClimate Change Explained In New Free Booklet The National Academies have released the 2008 edition of "Understanding and Responding to Climate Change," a booklet designed to give the public a comprehensive and easy-to-read analysis of findings and recommendations from expert consensus reports on climate change.
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