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Preserving Fertility for Child Cancer Patients

...es about preservation options, in part because the options in young children are both limited and complicated,” says Prof Greenberg. “Paediatric oncologists must inform themselves of the options, forge links with paediatric endocrinologists and reproductive medicine specialists, define at-risk patients by...

Hormone Therapy May Improve the Trip Down Memory Lane

...her,” he says. “Eventually, this could lead to new options for women as they enter a time when memory problems typically develop.” Source-Neswise SRM...

Anti-Cancer Drug Shows Early Promise in Pulmonary Hypertension

...ut this finding because there are so few treatment options for pulmonary hypertension,' said study author Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, M.D., M.Sc., assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago. 'We have drugs that can slow progression of the disease but nothing that can stop or reverse the process...

Adding Radiation Therapy For Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer May Offer Benefit

...e guidance for clinicians and patients in weighing options for adjuvant radiotherapy for pathologically advanced disease. Arguments in favor of radiation include the approximately 50 percent reduction in risk of PSA relapse or disease recurrence, and perhaps the nonsignificant reduction in risk of metastasis...

Waltz for a steady pulse!

...place some of the other traditional rehabilitation options since its so much more fun and enjoyable encouraging patients to complete the rehabilitation program. Waltzing was chosen as the dance of choice as it is a slow dance said Dr. Belardinelli as it is more effective. However it is to be noted that th...

Why Public Should Really Know About HPV?

...ict with prior knowledge, or provides entirely new options for diagnosis and treatment," said Jasmin A. Tiro, Ph.D., MPH, in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI, Bethesda, Md. "With limited awareness about HPV among women in this country, there is a need for clear, consistent informat...

Senior Citizens Advised to Sign up for Drug Plan 2007

...here was a lot of confusion because of the website options but this year the process is much simpler as the government has completely changed the Medicare site and made it more user-friendly. All senior citizens of ages 65 and above are advised to sign up for the Medicare Part D program, although they may ...

Novel Vaccine Shows Promise against Early Stage Breast Cancer

...t cancer in the U.S. in 2006, though thanks to new options for patients, about 20 percent, or 40,000 patients will die. Even with improved therapies, the chance of a woman having breast cancer at some time in her life is still about one in eight. Source-Newswise SRM...

If The World Wide Web is Your Self Proclaimed Physician, Trouble Could be Just a Click Away

...internet figured the first, above all other likely options - for instance speaking to family or friends, referring to medical journals, magazines, television, checking from medical libraries, as an information source. Take the case of a 64-year-old woman whose story had been published by the medical journal...

Consider Euthanasia For Severely Disabled Babies, College Tells Doctors

... disabled children. The doctors said that if the options for mercy killing were legal and available, late a...anasia as they are ways of widening the management options available to the sickest of newborns." As can be expected, such a proposal is not universally acc...

Equal Opportunities For HIV-Positive Women Urged

...se condom. Access to female controlled prevention options and improving women's skills through education and awareness in using such options and negotiating safe sex behaviour with their partners will go a long way in their attaining control...

Estimated cost of lifetime AIDS treatment assessed to be $618,900

... combat HIV infection in the market presently the options to treat HIV are plenty.// But the crux of the issue is the fact that sweet respite offered by these medications by increasing life expectancy by almost 24 years comes tagged with a exorbitant cost. A recent study conducted by a Cornell/Johns Hopk...

AIDS to be tackled through Computer Games

...nicef game allows players to choose from different options as two male and two female characters embark upon relationships. NLA...

Stem cells in regeneration of breast tissue in Cancer patients

...Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said: "The surgical options for breast reconstruction involve either the use of implants or a procedure whereby fat tissue taken from another part of the body is shaped into the form of a breast. Neither is ideal nor without risk. "The use of adipose or fat-derived stem cells...

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Extended for 2 Novel Breast Cancer Drugs

...t the cost; they have enough decisions to make and options to consider without the added worry of how they ar...wonderful news as it provides additional treatment options for patients with early breast cancer."...

Discovery of gene stirs hope for Crohn’s disease patient

...mbat inflammatory bowel diseasesPresently the only options for treatment are steroids, anti biotics and anti inflammatory drugs which are not truly adequate. MST...

Breast reconstruction may be possible with fat stem cells

...rther explore this unique approach. "The surgical options for breast reconstruction involve either the use of implants or a procedure whereby fat tissue taken from another part of the body is shaped into the form of a breast. Neither is ideal nor without risk. The use of adipose- or fat-derived stem cells m...

Bronchial thermoplasty – a promising treatment for asthmatic

...iary care hospital, I am still faced with no other options in asthmatics on maximal (drug) therapy." GYT...

A winning shot is here to battle ‘tennis elbow

...lf has shown that it is much superior to the other options at hand presently like bracing, physical therapy and corticosteroids injections which only offer a temporary palliation.However more investigations are essential before this therapy can be made available for patients suffering with tennis elbow worl...

Hormones and the Skin: the Role Hormones Play as We Age

... gives color to the hair, skin and eyes. Treatment options available from a dermatologist include topical prescriptions for or over-the-counter products containing hydroquinone, or prescriptions for retinoids, azeleic acid or hydroxy-acids. In-office procedures, such as the use of lasers and peels, can be us...

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