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Pap smears can detect ovarian and endometrial cancers, Hopkins scientists find
Johns Hopkins scientists have found a way to screen for hard-to-detect endometrial and ovarian cancers in women using a routine Pap smear, a discovery they hope eventually could reduce the number of deaths caused by the deadly malignancies.
The...Tags: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Medical Research, Medical Specialization, Oncology, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Researchers turn attention to breast cancer prevention
Cheryl Corbin's mother and grandmother had breast cancer, so an oncologist suggested she be tested for an inherited gene mutation linked to the disease. But when the results came in, she didn't show up to hear them.
"I was afraid to hear the words,"...Tags: Women's Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Chemotherapy, Medical Specialization, Blood
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Rush to judgment on birth control
Rush Limbaugh is the reigning shock jock of conservative political punditry — insults, outrage and outsized bluster are his stock in trade — so it takes quite an uproar for him to apologize. But that's what he has done at least twice now, if...Tags: Private Health Care, Mutual Funds, Talk Shows (genre), Diabetes, Health Insurance
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Dr. Raymond L. Markley Jr.
Dr. Raymond L. Markley Jr., a retired Baltimore gynecologist whose specialty was female urology, died March 4 of pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
The former longtime Towson resident who was residing at Oak Crest Village, was 89.
The son of...Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Medical Specialization, St. Joseph Medical Center, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Janice Skaggs answered a health scare by getting into condition
St. Louis Post-DispatchJanice Skaggs' voice cracks and tears swell when she recalls how cancer robbed her of ever having children. "Mother's Day is still a bad time for me," she said. Three years ago, she contracted endometrial cancer. She had to have a hysterectomy to...Tags: Hysterectomy, Weight, Diabetes, Obesity, St. Louis
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Genomes provide clues for treating leukemia, endometrial cancers
Efforts to sequence the human genome have revealed genetic risk for disease, and taught us about our early ancestors. Now, efforts to sequence the genomes of cancer cells -- to pinpoint the changes that occur in cancer cells' DNA when a person has the...
Tags: Medical Research, Leukemia, Diseases and Illnesses, Harvard Medical School, Colleges and Universities
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Enola woman organizes cancer research fundraiser
The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa.Federal funding for research on all types of childhood cancers combined equals only 4 percent of the total funding going to cancer research. That's why Enola resident Lynette Zeiders reached out to the St. Baldrick's Foundation to host her very first...Tags: Medical Research, Chemotherapy, The Pennsylvania State University, Health Treatments, Lehigh Valley Hospital
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Pap test might eventually detect other cancers
The Columbus DispatchOne of the greatest frustrations in women's health care is the absence of a good tool for finding ovarian cancer before it's hard to treat and likely to kill. Women who have a known risk sometimes get ultrasounds and blood tests. But most women have...Tags: Medical Research, Medical Procedures and Tests, Ovarian Cancer, Women's Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Until past menopause, birth control necessary to prevent unwanted pregnancy
Premium Health News ServiceDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 44 and would like to discontinue taking birth control pills. Do I need to use another form of contraception if I want to avoid getting pregnant? At what point is it safe to assume that won't happen? ANSWER: Many women wonder if...Tags: Medical Specialization, High Blood Pressure, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Mayo Clinic
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Until past menopause, birth control necessary to prevent unwanted pregnancy
Tribune Media ServicesDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 44 and would like to discontinue taking birth control pills. Do I need to use another form of contraception if I want to avoid getting pregnant? At what point is it safe to assume that won't happen? ANSWER: Many women wonder if...Tags: Medical Specialization, High Blood Pressure, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Mayo Clinic
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'Cruisin' for more Birthdays with Relay for Life of Washington County
julieg@herald-mail.comSharon and John Gildee participated in their first Relay for Life of Washington County in 2008, the year after she was diagnosed with endometrial cancer, Sharon Gildee said Sunday. Their team name for the fundraiser, which benefits American Cancer...Tags: Health Organizations, Esophageal cancer, American Legion, Medical Research, Chemotherapy
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No hands: How robots are transforming minimally invasive surgery
Premium Health News ServiceIn an operating room at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass., Dr. Colleen Feltmate performs a hysterectomy on a woman with uterine cancer. As Dr. Feltmate operates, she doesn't stand next to the patient, but in front of a monitor and console. The...Tags: Hysterectomy, Heart Surgery, University of Washington, Women's Health, Oncology
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