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Better prostate cancer detection

... more of the six inner areas - and would have been missed if the conventional method was used. Dr Bahnson routinely uses the extended biopsy now. An added bonus of this technique is that it saves certain patients from having to come back for a second biopsy - when the first is clear but cancer is still s...

Novel biopsy technique for prostate cancer

... more of the six inner areas - and would have been missed if the conventional method was used. Dr Bahnson routinely uses the extended biopsy now. An added bonus of this technique is that it saves certain patients from having to come back for a second biopsy - when the first is clear but cancer is still s...

Osteoporosis could be caused by irregular periods

...iagnosis and treatment. Dr. Nelson says, "Because missed periods are common symptoms in young women, it's understandable that more than half of our patients weren't concerned at first. But the delay in evaluating and treating ovarian insufficiency may place young women at increased risk of developing osteo...

Skipped heartbeats should not be ignored

...ed arrhythmias from time to time, in other words a missed heart beat, or a feeling of fluttering in the chest. Arrhythmias arise from a lack of co-ordination of the electrical activity which keeps the heart beat regular. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic offer some advice on arrhythmias. A sustained arrhythmia d...

Obesity risk can be reduced by eating breakfast regularly

...who ate breakfast compared to those who frequently missed the first meal of the day. Insulin resistance syndrome is a disorder that includes// obesity, high abnormal body fat and high blood pressure. People with the syndrome also often have low levels of “good” cholesterol. People with the syndrome are unab...

Skin cancer's secrets unveiled

...oma is the most dangerous. However these are often missed at the start. A severe sunburn can cause a nodular melanoma. It appears anywhere on the body, often the head or neck and grows much faster than other melanomas.// About 50% of people who suffer from nodular melanomas when left undetected until it bec...

Catching Alzheimer’s Disease Earl

...t of patients with impaired memory would have been missed by using traditional methods of memory testing. They say the new method, called P300 latency testing, was more sensitive at detecting changes in cerebral function. The authors of the study from New York and the University of North Texas are confiden...

Alcohol and Sun Don’t Mi

...be a costly injury. Of the 38 respondents five men missed nine days of work and one woman missed eight days because of sunburn within the year before the study....

Exercise The Best Treatment For Low Back Ache

...e Netherlands. About 135 workers who had regularly missed work due to low back pain were assigned to either ...hs. Those who participated in the exercise program missed only 58 days of work, compared to 87 missed days of work for those receiving usual care....

The Importance Of Skin Cancer Screening

...he body -- such as the back or bottom -- are often missed by patients until they’ve progressed to a more dangerous stage. According to researchers who surveyed about 250 patients in dermatology or general medicine clinics, nearly 90 percent were willing to undergo a full-body skin examination in order to u...

New Test To Detect Irregular Heartbeats

...eople for irregular heartbeats identifies problems missed by standard tests, find researchers. Investigators evaluated about 150 patients who had just suffered a stroke or mini-stroke. All were tested with standard EKGs. The standard test identified 10 patients with atrial fibrillation. The remaining patie...

The Use Of MRI For Screening Of Breast Cancer Questioned

... study . MRI detected 32 cancers, 22 of which were missed by mammography. Mammography detected 18 cancers, eight of which were missed by MRI. One of the cancers was detected by clinical breast exam alone, and the other four were detec...

Exercising The Best Form Of Treatment For Low Back Ache

...e Netherlands. About 135 workers who had regularly missed work due to low back pain were assigned to either ...hs. Those who participated in the exercise program missed only 58 days of work, compared to 87 missed days of work for those receiving usual care....

Childhood asthma may be triggered by cockroach allergens

...tightening of chests, nights of interrupted sleep, missed school days and disrupted play activities. Cockroach allergens can come from several sources such as sewage, saliva, and exposed food particles or dead animals. Keeping the house clean, mopping the floors regularly, cleaning out garbage on a daily b...

Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Better Than Real-time Colonoscopy

...her clinically important conditions that would be missed // with standard colonoscopy and at very little additional cost, according to a study in the August issue of Radiology. "The chance of finding cancer outside the colon may be as significant as the chance of finding cancer inside the colon," said Ju...

Early Detection Of Breast Cancer

...aging specialists used CAD to scan and analyze the missed cancers of mammograms and had the potential to identify 71 percent of them. The CAD was able to mark tumors as suspicious on mammograms taken one year before the diagnosis of cancer. Overall, the false-negative rate before the CAD screening was 31 p...

Obesity Linked To Deep Vein Thrombosis

...f the diagnosis. The diagnosis of PE is frequently missed even though PE is the third most common acute cardiovascular disease after myocardial infarction and stroke, said the researchers. Source: Newswise...

Injury Rates High For Workers In Poultry Farms

...ck or back pain, and one in three of those workers missed work in the past 12 months because of the pain. The injuries and illnesses varied by company, but on average exceeded rates that plants reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. In 2003, a reported 8.1 of every 100 full-time po...

Now Employers Focus On Employees Mental health

... relapse and hospitalization, lost wages caused by missed work, and decreased workplace productivity. Studies are showing that if you start with a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and create a treatment plan that might then involve psychologists, primary care and/or social work, employees will have le...

Parents Of ADHD Children Suffering Sleep Problems

... parents of ADHD children were more likely to have missed work, or avoided social activities, due to tiredness as a result of trying to cope with a hyperactive child. Tiredness was also found to be the cause of piling pressure on family relationships. The campaign asserts that parents should be motivated ...

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