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An experimental new treatment that uses high intensity sound waves to heat and destroy prostate cancer cells has proved effective and has fewer side effects than other conventional therapies, according to a UK study published in the British Journal of Cancer Every year 34,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK. In many cases the cancer is slow growing and may not require treatment, but some men will develop more aggressive type that can spread to other parts of the body. The new treatment, known as High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), is suitable for men who have early stage disease which has not spread beyond the prostate. These patients are conventionally offered either active surveillance, (when the growth of the cancer is monitored) or more an operation called radical prostatectomy to remove the gland... [read full story]
columbuslocalnews.com (US) He approached the pharmacist, said he had a headache, and asked for the drug percocet, a narcotic analgesic containing a combination of two medicines -- acetaminophen and oxycodone. He approached the...
SEATTLE, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Mammography Reporting System, Inc. (MRS) will demonstrate their newest high risk indicator at RSNA 2009, in Chicago. MRS is the only company in the industry offering three separate high risk...
The city has agreed to pay $340,000 to an autistic man who spent a year in jail after he confessed to a murder he didn't commit. Ozem Goldwire, 31, was detained at a Brooklyn police station and questioned for more than 21 hours...
Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, we asked people on Facebook one question: What do you want to ask the U.S. global AIDS coordinator? What follows are your questions and Ambassador Eric Goosby's responses.
