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Doctors grapple with prostate cancer screening guidelines
For years, the PSA test has been the standard method for early detection of prostate cancer, which strikes one in six men.
But recently, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a federal advisory panel, said the test that checks for prostate-specific...Tags: Prostate, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer, Medical Research
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Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer
An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief.
In poor countries the cost is considered too high for drugs like morphine when such opioids are often stolen, abused or not taken...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Chemicals, Morphine (drug), Healthcare Provider
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Johns Hopkins patients move into new $1.1 billion facility
At the ding of a cowbell Sunday, staffers in a command center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital began clapping and yelling out victory cheers.
Another department had begun to transfer patients as part of a massive move from Hopkins' aging hospital building...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals, United Arab Emirates, Chemotherapy
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Hopkins clinician mixes art, science in facial prosthetics
She enters the clinic on a walker, slow yet remarkably steady, and as Pauline Wood hails her host for the day, she gives him a bag of lemon tarts she rose early that morning to bake.
With her white hair and glasses, Wood, 89, is every inch the lovable...Tags: Nose, Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Mouth, Arts
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Fertility preservation for women with cancer
When a young woman is diagnosed with cancer, getting pregnant is probably the last thing on her mind. But if she wants children in the future, it's something she should think about. The chemotherapy and radiation treatments used to treat cancer can hurt a...Tags: Cancer, Health Treatments, Infertility, Reproductive System, Chemotherapy
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O'Malley would veto medical marijuana bill
Gov. Martin O'Malley likely would veto any legislation to legalize medical marijuana because of concerns over whether it would stand up to federal scrutiny, his spokeswoman said Thursday.
His decision comes as states with programs similar to what...Tags: Lawyers, Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Public Employees, Regional Authority
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St. Agnes opens liver and pancreas center
Saint Agnes Hospital is proud to announce the launch of The Hodes Liver & Pancreas Center, Saint Agnes Hospital’s newest expansion of services. The Center will be led by Dr. Mark Fraiman, a hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon, who is one of the...Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Cancer, Pancreas, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Body
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Team StrongHope adds cancer ambassadors to rosters
Ten-year-old Juliana Carver loves to swim. Unfortunately, between chemotherapy treatments, medications and routine hospital visits, Juliana doesn't always have the time or energy to be in the water.
"Her 'Make a Wish' wish when she first got cancer was a...Tags: Health Treatments, Travis Taylor, Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, College Sports
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Fair treatment for all cancer patients
Our lawmakers in Annapolis have an opportunity to eliminate a significant disparity in access to chemotherapy for the thousands of Marylanders treated for cancer each year. The access issue is one of cost and the difference in how much insurance companies...Tags: Cancer, Health Treatments, Health and Medical Professionals, Chemotherapy, Biotechnology
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Men Making a Difference: Mark Gregory
Mark Gregory remembers.
He remembers dates. There was the day after Thanksgiving in 1989, when doctors found a tumor near his brain. Then there was July 26, 1991, when Gregory, who’d been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, underwent a bone marrow...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Arts, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Health Organizations
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Exhibit brings together 'Eureka' moments in science
Earle Havens can almost hear their voices.
Each time Havens steps inside the George Peabody Library, he senses the muted exclamations, the murmured back-and-forth of a conversation that's been going on now for more than two millennia.
In one corner,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Religious Texts, Colleges and Universities, Archimedes, Euclid
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A free-market solution for drug shortages
Hospitals nationwide are experiencing shortages of critical generic intravenous drugs. We believe a fundamental reason for this national shortage is government price controls. With these limits, there is little incentive to invest in new facilities and...Tags: Leukemia, Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Drugs and Medicines
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