Friday, November 11th, 2011
More children should be screened for high cholesterol before puberty, beyond those with a family history of problems, according to wide-ranging new guidelines expected from government-appointed experts who are trying to prevent heart disease later in life.
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
Patients with a family history of cancer who take daily aspirin for a number of years have a 63% lower chance of developing the disease, scientists from the Universities of Newcastle and Leeds, England, reported in the medical journal The Lancet. The researchers emphasized that it takes some years of ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
More patients with ovarian carcinoma carry cancer-predisposing mutations, and in more genes, than previously thought. A rapid experimental method for screening genomes has located mutations in 12 genes for inherited cancers of the ovary, fallopian tubes and peritoneum (the thin tissue lining the lower abdomen). More than one-fifth of ovarian ...
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
USPSTF (US Preventive Services Task Force) has recommended against PSA-based screening for prostate cancer, what they class as a Grade D recommendation. The task force adds that its recommendations apply to adult American males who have no symptoms which point towards prostate cancer - the recommendation includes any age, family ...
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Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
NBC's chief science and health correspondent Robert Bazell explains the benefits and limits of early detection, available treatments for dementia and whether people with a family history want to know their risks.
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