Going The Extra Mile - NHS Champions Awards 2008, NHS Champions Winners Announced A
health visitor who set up evening clinics for working single parents, a manager who runs film showings with popcorn for his patients and a blind physiotherapist championing the needs of her patients with learning disabilities were among the winners of the 2008 NHS Champions awards announced yesterday at a prestigious awards ceremony at London's Business Design Centre.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealth Officials Offer Information On Strep Infections The Oklahoma State Department of
Health said today the unfortunate death of a Fairview man from invasive group A streptococcal infection has sparked rumors and confusion about the disease among many citizens in the Fairview community. "Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of the individual who succumbed to this infection," said State
Health Epidemiologist Dr. Kristy Bradley.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAn Enzyme That Mutates Antibodies Also Targets A Cancer-Causing Oncogene The human immune system is in a perpetual state of self-experimentation. It expertly mutates and shuffles the DNA of its own cells to evolve new defenses against the vast array of microbes that try to invade our bodies. But when the genetic experiment goes awry, the result can be a deadly cancer.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEvaluation Of T2-Weighted And Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI In Localizing Prostate Cancer Before Repeat Biopsy Radiology UroToday.com - Even with extended biopsy protocols, a negative set of biopsies does not rule out the presence of cancer. Among the patients with negative 10- to 12-core biopsy schemes, 17-21.2% have cancer at repeat biopsy (1, 2).
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