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Source: PLoS Medicine, July 28, 2009 Early detection of ovarian cancer (at less than 1 cm) continues to elude medical providers according to researchers. Currently, ovarian cancers are detected only in advanced stages resulting in high mortality (death rate) and a poor prognosis. The majority of deaths to ovarian cancer are cause by serous tumors. [...] Every once in a while it is incumbent upon professionals, lawyers in particular, to prove their humanity by recognizing good and worthy people and causes. Some of you have inquired as to the links on the right side of the blog. Convergence being what it is, here is a little promotion and recognition. The H.A.L.O. Foundation [...] Lawyers are an odd bunch. I’m not talking about transactional or business lawyers, they’re all the same person actually. (Sorry, but Yawn). I’m talking about trial attorneys. I know, I shouldn’t use that phrase for the negative media connotation it carries thanks to insurance company propaganda. Oooh, the “Trial Attorneys” are the reason everything [...] Source: From across the pond (BBC) and back I know, as parents we need another reason to feel guilty over the damage we do raising our children. It’s not bad enough that they aren’t getting the best nutrition available or the best education, now we can also apparently stress them into developing health conditions! Results of [...] As if there weren’t enough bad news on this story. It now appears that the scandal involving radiation treatment for prostate cancer at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center goes deeper than just the good Dr. Kao. According to testimony being received at Senate Hearings in Washington, a medical physicist responsible for setting the dosage [...] Source: ACOG (The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) July 2009 ACOG has now published a revised version of it’s guidelines for Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) monitoring. In practice Bulletin #106, ACOG has sought to improve consistency of common terms and to reduce variability (bad word choice) in FHR interpretation. FHR was used in less than [...] The FDA empaneled some 37 experts to assist in the reduction of deaths due to acetaminophen overdose. Huh? Tylenol? Yes, Tylenol. Acetaminophen overdose is the leading cause of liver failure in the United States causing 200 deaths annually with 56,000 in the ER. One of the main recommendations of the panel was to lower the current [...] |
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