National Cancer Institute Again Awards Competitive Grant To Indiana University Melvin And Bren Simon Cancer Center The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center has been recognized as a premier cancer center for the third consecutive time by the National Cancer Institute. Since 1999, the IU Simon Cancer Center has carried the prestigious NCI designation. This year, the NCI awarded the IU Simon Cancer Center a five-year, $6.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRethink Welcomes New Mental Health Minister, UK A new Mental
Health minister has been announced following the recent cabinet reshuffle. Phil Hope has been newly appointed to this role. Paul Corry Director of Public Affairs Rethink said: "The Care Services brief, which includes mental
health, has been upgraded - to "minister of state", and it's not before time. With 1 in 4 of us being affected by a mental
health condition as some stage in our lives, this is a very weighty portfolio.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comYoung, Insured Cancer Patient's Parents Risk Bankruptcy For Treatment "I was 20 and knew I needed to pay a visit to my gynecologist because it is something very important for women to do, of course. I did go and I was given a routine pap smear," said Crystal Wagner of Grayson, Ga. "I received a follow-up call that pertained to this visit telling me I had level 1B2 of cervical cancer and needed surgery as soon as possible.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comClimate Change Will Affect Public Health: A Call To Action Extreme heat events (EHE), or heat waves, are the most prominent cause of weather-related human mortality in the United States, responsible for more deaths annually than hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes combined.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBJOG Release: The Effects Of A First Miscarriage On Future Pregnancies New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology examines the effects of a miscarriage on subsequent pregnancies. Miscarriage (or spontaneous pregnancy loss) is defined as pregnancy loss before 24 completed weeks of gestation.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWhat Is The Pathogenesis Of Liver Damage Induced By Ethanol? They investigated the effects of ethanol on the IGF-I system with the involvement of JNK1/2 activity and ADH by using each chemical inhibitor in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. The results indicate that ethanol inducedp-JNK1/2 activation is associated with the IGF-I system and cell viability in hepatocytes.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEvidence That Circumcision Reduces HIV Risk Among Gay And Bisexual Men Is Unclear In a new analysis of previous research, investigators from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said they found insufficient evidence that circumcision reduced the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among gay and bisexual men (men who have sex with men). The study is published in the October 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWhy Should Prednisolone Suppress Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury? Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury is a serious complication but unavoidable problem in liver surgery including liver transplantation and hepatic resection. The most important consequence of this pathological process is multiple organ failure with a high mortality rate.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAdvanced Medical Optics Receives FDA Approval For Healon D® Viscoelastic For Ophthalmic Surgery Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO) (NYSE:EYE), the global leader in advanced refractive technologies for eye care professionals and patients, today announced the U.S.
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