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Despite the increasing use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in the management of patients with
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Improvements in cancer screening and treatment have in turn increased long-term survivorship and attention to survivors’ daily
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Screening with mammography has been shown to reduce mortality from breast cancer [1, 2]. However, the sensitivity to non-palpable cancer of screening...
The tissue composition of the breast is reflected mammographically by the pattern of distribution of fibroglandular and fatty
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Purpose To retrospectively evaluate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of breast cancer after high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)...
How a non-invasive surgical therapy has changed the management of women with uterine fibroids and could have much wider applications.
Researchers address the pros and cons of looking beyond the heart when reviewing cardiac CT findings
Not enough is being done to reduce the incidence of coronary disease in women
The following is a list of the top 10 medical breakthroughs from 2009.
Health in the news including Cancer and the Holocaust, digital plasters, healthcare and global warming, and gene therapy for eyes.
My husband lost his health insurance two months before being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Joe had been a truck driver all his life, the...
While US politicians argue about how to make healthcare more accessible and affordable, many Americans have found their own solution – going abroad...
The fight against cancer doesn’t just take place in a patient’s body. The mind also plays its part. After being diagnosed with the disease, many...
Models of post-operative care can seem so right that it takes a big leap of faith to challenge them. Yet sometimes the evidence shows that things may...
Breast cancer will never be a welcome diagnosis but survival rates have risen in recent years. In England and Wales, for example, 80 per cent of...
Employers in Denmark have started paying compensation to women who have developed breast cancer after working night shifts.
When you've been strong and fit your whole life, it can be easy to discount your body's first whispers of sickness as merely the side effects of...
Earlier this year, a baby girl was born free of a gene linked to breast and ovarian cancer, marking a breakthrough for British medicine. Healthy...
Roughly one million American women undergo biopsies each year to determine whether they have breast cancer. A small study by researchers at Beth...
Researchers with the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) are adding yet another chapter to the continuing (and confusing) story of hormone therapy (HT)...
For women trying to keep track of the confusing research on hormone replacement therapy over the past five years, the release of yet another study...
The Chinese herb Ban Zhi Lian may not be in everyone's lexicon, but to the 80 women with stage IV metastatic breast cancer, who are participating in...
Expectant parents, spare a thought for Mrs. Jacob Nufer, who in 1500 found herself in agonizing labor. More than a dozen midwives of the Swiss town...
A much-anticipated study released Nov. 9 at the American Heart Association's annual meeting confirms what doctors have long suspected: that...
Six years after a landmark federal study established that hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) increases the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal...
Medical advice can be frustratingly contradictory, especially when it comes to the issue of screening. Now, a new report questions the usefulness of...
The ability to genotype, or get the DNA fingerprint of a tumor, is transforming the way doctors treat breast cancer. By comparing the genetic...
Far-sighted employers are increasingly addressing the distinctive needs of women employees and, as a result, reaping the gains of liberating 50 per...
Up to now, most women who have relatives with breast cancer have been able to breathe a sigh of relief after undergoing testing for the BRCA1 and...
Focusing on prevention is the best way to halt heart disease in women.
For as many as two-thirds of breast-cancer survivors, their lifesaving cancer treatment can lead to an incurable and painful condition known as...
Improved screening with mammograms and MRIs means that more women are diagnosed with breast cancer before their tumors spread, which in turn means...
Magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) is a way to scan the body without X-rays. The scan can be especially effective in detecting smaller breast cancer...
Whole breast irradiation is one of the best ways to kill off any cancer cells that linger after surgery. But the treatment requires six to seven...
The American Cancer Society recommends that all women over age 40 get a yearly mammogram, an X-ray screening exam that catches disease early and can...
Physical activity may not seem to have much to do with the health of your breast tissue, but research shows that women who exercise are less likely...
They may be effective in preventing breast cancer, but mammograms can be so uncomfortable that some women choose to skip the yearly torture and risk...
It was a powerful idea, and there was some intriguing early evidence suggesting that something as simple as popping vitamin D might hold off the...
This month at GetInsideHealth, we aim to give our readers a taste of the immense, varied, and fascinating topic of Women’s health and well-being.
Oprah called them “amazing” and “stunning.” US TV journalist Diane Sawyer called them “incredible.” What could elicit such awe-struck remarks by two...
Breast cancer is a global issue, but the challenges faced in raising awareness of it can vary dramatically from that faced in the West.
After beating criminal charges in Hewlett-Packard's pretexting scandal and waging her fourth battle with cancer, the former HP chairman talks to...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says it will double its recommended minimum intake of vitamin D for infants, children and teens, from 200...
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing could open the door to better targeted treatments, but concerns are growing about its quality.
For the biotech, a new drug for bone cancer and osteoporosis could mean a big boost in revenue.
Breast cancer is a global crisis. Once regarded as a disease of the wealthy West, it is now the most common form of cancer for women across the...
From sensors in workout gear that monitor sweating while you run at the gym, to underwear that aims to detect cancer cells, the contents of our...
Focusing on prevention is the best way to halt heart disease in women.
Up to now, most women who have relatives with breast cancer have been able to breathe a sigh of relief after undergoing testing for the BRCA1 and...
Roughly one million American women undergo biopsies each year to determine whether they have breast cancer. A small study by researchers at Beth...
Healthcare-associated infections are a major public health threat, which costs the US between $28.4bn and $33.8bn per year, according to the Centers...
America’s health care is the costliest in the world, yet quality is patchy and millions are uninsured. Incentives for both patients and suppliers...
At the height of the post-war baby boom we were filled with optimism about the solutions technological innovation and science would bring us. Many of...
Whether a TomTom, Magellan or Garmin – GPS has changed the way we drive, making us more efficient, more in control and more successful in how we get...
Better understanding of human genetics is leading to a new era in drug development
Gene screens are fast becoming a powerful tool, not just for diagnosing cancer but for treating it as well.
Tense negotiations have been under way for three hours without a break, and they aren't over by a long shot.
Breast cancer screening in the Netherlands will be totally digital by the end of this year, improving detection rates and potentially saving the...
Dr Andreas Ullrich, medical officer for cancer control at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, discusses a major shift in the...
A less invasive operation to repair or replace a faulty valve rivals full, open-heart surgery.
Five years ago, scientists announced that they had worked out the order of the three billion letters in the human genetic code. Now scientists are...
Experience of a young woman and breast cancer
Health economist Professor Alan Maynard explains how healthcare standards could be improved by giving doctors less freedom… and re-instating the 1845...
There’s an urban legend going round about corporate medicals. A middle-aged man, recruited to the board of a British company, is invited to a £1, 500...
A great deal of research suggests exposure to long-term stress can harm your body. Chronic stress influences high blood pressure and heart disease....