Cancer Physicians Attack High Drug Costs More than 100 cancer specialists have banded together to persuade pharmaceutical companies to bring prices down, suggesting that the high prices for medicine needed to keep someone alive is profiteering. More
Patients’ Genes Seen as Future of Cancer Care Major academic medical centers in New York and around the country are spending and recruiting heavily in what has become an arms race within the war on cancer. The investments are based on the belief that the medical establishment is moving toward the routine sequencing of every patient’s genome in the quest for “precision medicine,” a course for prevention and treatment based on the special, even unique characteristics of the patient’s genes. More
Nobel prizewinner, IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dead Robert Edwards, a Nobel prizewinner from Britain whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test tube baby and has since brought millions of people into the world, died Wednesday at age 87.... More
Even after melanoma, some people keep on using tanning beds You would think that people who were diagnosed with melanoma -- the most deadly form of skin cancer -- would be meticulously careful about using sunscreen, avoiding tanning salons and generally protecting their skin. More
HSHS urges adults to prioritize lung cancer CT scans in November for early detection Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is encouraging all eligible adults to add a lung cancer CT scan to their November to-do list since this month is also Lung ... 11/22/2024 - 9:01 am | View Link
Waterford woman determined to beat cancer with life-saving treatments in Germany Mary, 46, was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2022 and since then has undergone multiple surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation. “Every time I felt like I’m recovering and everything is looking ... 11/21/2024 - 10:59 am | View Link
UC Health uses AI to enhance early lung cancer detection A medical team at UC Health is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve early detection of lung cancer. 11/19/2024 - 5:25 am | View Link
Healthbeat 4: How CNOS Imaging Center uses low-dose CT lung screenings that can detect early signs of lung cancer “This is more of a preventative screening scan to try to catch the early stages of lung cancer,” said Jill Sitzmann, Imaging Director at CNOS. “Those that can catch it early are going to just prevent ... 11/19/2024 - 3:54 am | View Link
Norman Regional Hospital offers lung cancer screenings with new technology November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and Norman Regional Hospital is ramping up screenings with a new robotic diagnostic device that improves accuracy. 11/18/2024 - 12:15 am | View Link
One benefit of using a virtual private network (VPN) is concealing your location. But if that's your main goal, you might be surprised to learn that some apps can still tell your real location.
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Most people use Google Slides solely for presentations I did, too, until recently. While its undoubtedly great for presentations, Ive discovered that the platform is far more versatile. Here are some of my favorite things to do on Google Slides.
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