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Gangrenous Bowel in German Octogenarian Shows E. Coli Risk, Doctors Find
An elderly woman needed emergency surgery to remove half her bowel after being infected with E. coli, highlighting a life-threatening risk from the bacterium responsible for a diarrhea outbreak in Germany, doctors said.
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Question by charles: what is the health risk of exposure to nuclear radiation?
when I was in the military I garded military wepons and wore a dosimeter. After service I worked at Chevron research as research mechanic they would have ridioactive rings on pistons to see how much radioactive meterial was in the oil for ware I also wore a dosimeter to detect how much radioactivity my body has absorbed now I over sixty yoars old and having muscle,joint,and bone problems.Plus my normal x ray from doctor. I would like to know what are the shypthom of radiation poision to the humon body Read more...

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Conversely, he adds, a high-risk result could alert the clinical oncologist that the patient may be likely to demonstrate early progression , and so look for an alternative management strategy. Related posts: … Read more...

An inexpensive and rapid testing method can effectively identify a sub-group of never-smoking lung cancer patients whose tumors express a molecule associated with increased risk of disease progression or recurrence, US researchers have found. Dr P… Read more...

Full-term pregnancy has long been associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer, but a new study finds that the more times a woman gives birth, the higher her risk of “triple-negative” breast cancer, a relatively uncommon but particularly aggressive subtype of the disease. Read more...

( Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ) Full-term pregnancy has long been associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer, but a new study finds that the more times a woman gives birth, the higher her risk of “triple-negative” breast cancer, a relatively uncommon but particularly aggressive subtype of the disease. Conversely, women who never give birth have a 40 percent lower risk of such … Read more...

The Lancet Oncology , the premier worldwide journal for original oncology research, published the results of this Phase III clinical study of hyperthermia, “Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy alone or with regional hyperthermia for localised high- risk … The published study results demonstrated that the addition of regional hyperthermia, using the BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System, to chemotherapy (EIA) resulted in a significant reduction in disease progression or death, with a median … Read more...