Mammogram Rate Drops Slightly In U.S.(Reuters Health) A slight drop in the rate of women getting mammograms in the United States is "worrying," and might suggest it is becoming difficult to be tested, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
Blacks Likely To Get Less Experienced Surgeons(Reuters Health) On the surface, it looks like good news. While black patients usually have less access than whites to the latest medical technologies, that doesn't seem to be the case when it comes to advanced heart bypass surgery performed while the heart is beating -- but there's a catch.
January 18, 2007
Sex Difference Seen In Risk Factors For Suicide After Depression(Reuters Health) Clinical predictors of suicidal acts after major depression differ between men and women, according to study findings published in the January issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
January 17, 2007
Protect Yourself From Stroke: What You Can Do According to the American Stroke Association, every forty-five seconds in America, someone has a stroke. More than 157,000 people will die from a stroke this year, and 61 percent of those deaths will be women.
Cancer Deaths Finally On Decline In U.S.: Survey(Reuters Health) About 3,000 fewer people died from cancer in the United States from 2003 to 2004, the American Cancer Society reported on Wednesday.
The Danger of Childhood Obesity Nothing looks cuter than a baby chubby with baby fat. Yet, that same baby fat should be cause for concern when it remains on a toddler.
January 10, 2007
Black Men in Focus in U.S. HIV Drug Trial(Reuters Health) Much of the early AIDS research in the United States focused on gay white men because they were the first group affected and subsequently developed an effective lobbying voice.
January 09, 2007
Call Can Boost Cancer Screening in Minorities(Reuters Health) Telephone outreach is an effective way to increase colorectal cancer screening rates among men and women in a predominantly African American urban minority population, a new study shows.
