Teaching And Mentoring: A Multi-Center Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Experience ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Canadian investigators created a teaching and mentoring method called "block" surgery to simplify and improve time efficiency and safety while maintaining acceptable oncological and functional outcomes during the learning curve of a laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP). The LRP was broken down into 10 key "blocks" assigned different levels of difficulty.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHIV Diagnoses Among MSM Ages 13-24 Increased By 12% Annually From 2001 To 2006, CDC Report Says The number of new HIV diagnoses recorded between 2001 and 2006 among men who have sex with men ages 13 to 24 increased by 12.4% annually, according to a study published Thursday in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the New York Times reports. Some experts said the findings are an "ominous ... indicator" that the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to flourish among MSM, the Times reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHIV/AIDS Epidemic In Sub-Saharan Africa Should Be Classified As Disaster, Red Cross Report Says The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is so severe that it should be classified as a disaster comparable to famine or floods, according to a report released Thursday by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, AFP/Google.com reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Data Show Preemptive Treatment May Significantly Reduce Skin Toxicities In Patients Receiving Vectibix(R) (Panitumumab) Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced updated results from the "STEPP" (Skin Toxicity Evaluation Protocol with Panitumumab) trial, the first prospective study to examine differences between preemptive and reactive skin treatment for skin toxicities in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients receiving epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr) therapy.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comChemotherapy Resistance Overcome In The Lab Using Re-Purposed Malaysian Folk Medication Researchers from McGill University's Faculty of
Medicine have discovered a compound that reduces resistance to chemotherapy agents used to treat cancer. Their results were published in the June issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI). Dr.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOpinion Piece Supports Abstinence Education Congress should "recognize" the "growing body of research" that affirms the efficacy of abstinence-only sex education when debating funding levels for sex education programs, Valerie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association, writes in a Manchester Union-Leader opinion piece.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCalifornia Health Care Groups Criticize Gov. Schwarzenegger's Proposed Budget Cuts Health care groups that supported Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's $15 billion
health coverage expansion plan last year are criticizing the governor's proposed fiscal year 2009 budget, saying that it could increase the number of uninsured state residents, the Los Angeles Times reports. Schwarzenegger's proposed budget would reduce spending on Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, by $1.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comExacerbations Lead To Depression In COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes limitation of airflow in the lungs that cannot be fully reversed, leading to symptoms of breathlessness, cough, wheeze and sputum production. The disease, although chronic, is interspersed with periods of acute symptomatic and functional deterioration known as exacerbations.
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