Cancer Archives
May 20, 2008
Kennedy Diagnosed with Malignant Glimoa
After suffering seizures earlier this week, Sen. Ted Kennedy,76, has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and will remain hospitalized for at least several days as he and his family determine his treatment options. The Massachusetts senator has been... ... morePosted at 8:20 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
January 2, 2008
Depression Increases Mortality Rate
Researchers are increasingly demostrating a correlation between one's physcological outlook and disease prognosis: Depression nearly triples the risk of death following a heart attack, even when accounting for other heart attack risk factors, according to research presented today at the... ... morePosted at 8:36 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
November 25, 2007
More Accurate Method of Estimating Invasive Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women Developed
A new model for calculating invasive breast cancer risk, called the CARE model, has been found to give better estimates of the number of breast cancers that would develop in African American women 50 to 79 years of age than... ... morePosted at 11:58 PM