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Although mammography reduces breast cancer mortality by 15 to 20 percent, the diagnosis in many cases—approximately 15 percent of all breast cancers—occurs after a patient has a negative mammogram and before her next recommended screening. These are “interval cancers,” and they carry big implications. Patients who receive a cancer diagnosis during the interim see poorer […]
A new study finds that long-term aspirin use before a diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) may be associated with lower CRC-specific mortality. The report that appears in JNCI: The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, suggests that the findings for pre-diagnosis aspirin use might help reduce CRC mortality in the overall population by limiting metastatic […]
The president, Melania Trump test positive for COVID-19 ‘Hannity’ anchor Sean Hannity sends his prayers to the Trump family and provides insight into the progress made with coronavirus trials, pandemic response. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump were confirmed to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus early Friday morning, and both will be […]
COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus SARS-Cov-2, has infected over 4 million people in 212 countries, of whom at least 272,000 have died. The ongoing economic and social impact of the pandemic is staggering, but despite a daily flood of news on the disease, few laypeople know that paradoxically, COVID-19 mostly kills through an overreaction […]
A standardised test that can now be used in the seven main languages in India will support the diagnosis of dementia and mild cognitive impairment. Researchers have adapted the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination (ACE-III), a well-known screening instrument for dementia detection/diagnosis, to be used in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Urdu, Tamil and Indian English. The work […]
A global team of researchers has discovered a new biomarker that could be used to detect Alzheimer’s disease decades before symptoms emerge. Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 340,000 Australians and it is well documented that early diagnosis is the best hope for effective treatment. The study, published in Nature Medicine, examined the pattern of ‘tau’ […]
Early signs of cancer can appear years before diagnosis and developing tests for these genetic signs could provide new ways to spot cancer early, according to new research led by the Crick and EMBL-EBI, and supported by an international cancer genomics consortium, the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Project. The collaboration included Wellcome Sanger Institute, […]
In the past year, more than 140,000 people died of the consequences of a measles infection, nearly 9.8 million are ill. The estimate of the world health organization (WHO) and the US health authority CDC. The viruses therefore remain a global danger. In comparison to 2017, the Numbers increased slightly. At the time, the WHO […]
The Asklepios clinic in Hamburg-Altona has, apparently, sent repeated patient data to the wrong recipient, despite the Instructions on the glitch. How to research by the NDR, revealed, received the psychotherapist Daniela Rath over a period of six years doctor of letters from patients who did not know them at all. The NDR according to […]
Since I was twelve years old, I almost every month problems. Pain in the abdomen, lower back, cravings, digestive problems, convulsions – in short: menstrual complaints. A fate that I share with many women. The proportion of Menstruating, who have already experienced the discomfort that is according to research, about 80 percent. Around 10-20 per […]