The EU Osteoporosis Consultation Panel, supported by the International Osteoporosis Foundation, is meeting on April 18 in Brussels, Belgium, to begin preparations for a second EU-wide audit on the status of osteoporosis in Europe.
In an editorial published in the April issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, Malaz Boustani, M.D., M.P.H., of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., writes that assessing the safety of older drivers is not a responsibility that should reside with the primary care physician.
A new grant from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation will allow a University of Tennessee professor to conduct a groundbreaking study into how best to treat well diagnosed depression in breast cancer patients.
A simple oral rinse could detect the early development of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, according to researchers at the University of Miami?s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Immature sperm cells have been created from stem cells in human bone marrow. The research has potential application for the treatment for male infertility.
An international research team ? including investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Broad Institute of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ? has identified several novel genetic variations associated with the risk of Crohn’s disease.
A survey of stomach and kidney cancer patients in Los Angeles revealed that those who were diagnosed in a late stage of disease ? when cancer is harder to treat successfully ? were likely to be older, living in an unsafe neighborhood and traveling at least 45 minutes to get to the doctor.
Having a mother or sister with breast cancer significantly increases the risk for young African American women to develop breast cancer, according to the analysis of questionnaires answered by approximately 59,000 African American women enrolled in the Black Women’s Health Study.
Gay and bisexual men may be at far higher risk for eating disorders than heterosexual men, according to a study conducted at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
A quarter of Australian teenagers eat fast food everyday and more than a third hardly ever eat fruit, a Deakin University study has found.