Gynecologic Cancer Treatment Center - Dana-Farber/Brigham And Women's Cancer Center The Gynecologic Oncology Program is a service of the Gillette Center for Women's Cancers at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center - a collaboration of one of the world's leading cancer institutes with one of the world's leading hospitals.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comKeeping Nerve Axons On Target Neurons constituting the optic nerve wire up to the brain in a highly dynamic way. Cell bodies in the developing retina sprout processes, called axons, which extend toward visual centers in the brain, lured by attractive cues and making U-turns when they take the wrong path. How they find targets so accurately is a central question of neuroscience today.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSyntermed Licenses Emory ERTb Software For Enhanced Cardiac Imaging A comprehensive software package designed to significantly improve the quality and accessibility of nuclear cardiology images has been licensed by Emory University to Syntermed, an Atlanta-based nuclear
medicine imaging and informatics software company.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCost-Effective Antiviral Strategy Could Halve Pandemic Deaths Treatment with the oral antiviral oseltamivir combined with post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) of people exposed to infected individuals could be one of the most cost-effective strategies for reducing illness and death during an influenza pandemic according to recent modeling research published in Value in
Health by Beate Sander et al., University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comResearchers Test First Universal Newborn Screening For Fragile X Syndrome - Rush University Medical Center Rush University Medical Center will be launching the first systematic newborn screening program for the genetic mutation that results in fragile X syndrome - the single most common known genetic cause of autism and mental retardation.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIllusion Vs. Reality: Age-Related Differences In Expectations For Future Happiness Albert Einstein once quipped, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." The famous scientist might have added that the illusion of reality shifts over time. According to a new Brandeis University study in the September issue of Psychological Science, age influences how we perceive the future.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNational's Health Policy Welcomed, New Zealand Medical Association The New Zealand Medical Association welcomes the release today of Part 1 of the National Party's
health policy. "We welcome in particular their recognition that clinicians need to have more say in the planning and delivery of our
health services," says NZMA Chairman Dr Peter Foley. The reference to trusting and empowering clinicians more is very welcome.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPepperoni Pizza And Pelvic Pain What's the worst that could happen after eating a slice of pepperoni pizza? A little heartburn, for most people. But for up to a million women in the U.S., enjoying that piece of pizza has painful consequences. They have a chronic bladder condition that causes pelvic pain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLipid-Lowering Therapies And Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Strategies for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention using lipid-lowering medications can be improved by adopting the absolute-risk approach, according to a research paper in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia. Lipid-lowering medication reduces blood cholesterol levels, an important risk factor for CVD.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCOPD? Eat Your Veggies You know it's good for you in other ways, but could eating your broccoli also help patients with chronic lung disease? It just might.
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