An analysis based on computerized simulation models suggests that the lifetime risk of cancer associated with radiation exposure from a computed tomography (CT scan) coronary angiography varies widely, with the risk greater for women and younger patients, according to a study in the July 18 issue of JAMA.
Leukaemia rates in children and young people are elevated near nuclear facilities, but no clear explanation exists to explain the rise, according to a research review published in the July issue of European Journal of Cancer Care.
In the last 60 years, gonorrhea has become resistant to sulfonamides, penicillins, tetracyclines, and ciprofloxacin. Results of a 16-year monitoring program find it is becoming resistant to yet another antibiotic class, fluoroquinolones.
A review of published literature about benefits and harms of oral drugs for type 2 diabetes mellitus found that older agents, such as second-generation sulfonylureas and metformin, have similar or superior effects on glycemic control, lipids and other intermediate endpoints compared to newer, more expensive drugs, such as thiazolidinediones, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors and meglitinides.
Monkey viruses related to HIV may have swept across Africa more recently than previously thought, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson.
The cancer known as cutaneous T-cell lymphoma became substantially more common in the United States between 1973 and 2002, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The rates of the disease vary by race, sex and geographic area.
Older women experiencing memory loss are more likely than women without cognitive decline to have problems falling asleep and staying asleep, according to a study published in the July 17, 2007, issue of Neurology?, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Data from a national health survey indicate that more than two million people are infected with the sexually transmitted disease, chlamydia, (2.2 percent of people 14 to 39 years of age), whereas only about 0.24 percent of people in this age group have gonorrhea infection.
Acambis plc (Acambis) (LSE: ACM), a leading vaccines company, announces that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of its universal influenza vaccine candidate, ACAM-FLU-A.
Eating a diet very high in vegetables, fruit and fiber and low in fat did not reduce breast cancer recurrence or death in early stage breast cancer survivors, according to a new study.