Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables radiologists to accurately identify tumors missed by mammography and ultrasound, according to a multicenter study comparing the three screening methods in women at high-risk for breast cancer.
Today, researchers from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, along with colleagues from Stanford University, report the results of a large-scale, genome-wide study to investigate gene copy number differences among ten primate species, including humans.
Even comparatively low levels of air pollution boost the chances of an early death, suggests research published ahead of print in Thorax.
The effectiveness and value of an increasingly popular treatment used in the treatment of long term wounds are questioned in this month?s Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB)
The cause of low birth weights among African-American women has more to do with racism than with race, according to a report by an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
A combination of two drugs works better than either drug alone for patients with renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer, according to a pilot study led by Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers.
In this issue of CMAJ, 2 research groups report on the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in different inmate populations: people in provincial prisons in Quebec, and adult and young offenders admitted to remand facilities (jails, detention centres and youth centres) in Ontario.
With the recent approval of the first vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), this study takes a closer look at the implications for counseling about cervical cancer prevention in primary care.
About 80 percent of patients referred to a specialist by their primary care physician complete the referral within three months finds a study of 776 patients from the offices of 133 physicians in 81 practices and 30 states.
Lead smelter workers who are better readers have more protection against the effect of lead exposure on the brain than those who do not read as well, according to a study on the impact of cognitive reserve published in the July 31, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.