Neighborhood Influences Exercise Levels
TUESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- Your neighborhood may have
a major influence on how much you exercise, according to a study
that looked at data on 8,782 people in 373 Chicago
neighborhoods.
Dog Flu May Have Been Active as Early as 1999
TUESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- Canine influenza was first
identified in 2004, but it has been circulating in the racing
greyhound population since at least 1999, a U.S. study reports.
Gaps Persist in Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer
Procedure
TUESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- The use of a less invasive
form of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) during breast cancer
surgery increased substantially in the United States from 1998 to
2005, researchers say. However, there are still disparities in
terms of which women receive the therapy.
Identical Genes From Parents May Raise Cancer
Risk
TUESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- People who have two
identical copies of certain genes -- one inherited from the mother
and one from the father -- seem to be at greater risk of developing
a number of common types of cancer, research shows.
Woman's Abdominal Organs Removed in Unique Cancer
Surgery
MONDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Brooke Zepp, a 63-year-old
South Florida woman, was diagnosed last May with leiomyosarcoma, a
rare cancerous tumor deep inside her abdomen that had wrapped
itself around her aorta and other arteries that supply blood to
vital organs such as the stomach, intestines and spleen.
Popular Colonoscopy Prep Solution May Pose Kidney
Risks
TUESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- One of the most common
bowel-cleansing preparations used by people who are about to have a
colonoscopy can trigger both acute kidney failure and long-term
renal damage in otherwise healthy patients.
HRT Raises Recurrence Risk Among Breast Cancer
Survivors
TUESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- European researchers
report more grim news concerning women and hormone replacement
therapy: Not only do healthy women run the risk of developing
breast cancer while taking the therapy, breast cancer survivors who
do the same face a higher risk of a recurrence or a new
malignancy.
Some Cancer Trials Overstate Findings, Analysis
Claims
TUESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- The effectiveness of
public campaigns or efforts to prevent cancer can often be
overstated in certain kinds of cancer trials because of
inappropriate statistical analysis, a new report claims.
