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Parental warning: an increase in repoting children nicotine dependence.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Parents who smoke cigarettes around their kids trigger symptoms of nicotine dependence in children. [Addict Behav].
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - June 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: info

Breakthrough test distinguishes Burkitt lymphoma from DLBCLemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A gene expression signature clearly distinguishes Burkitt lymphoma from DLBCL, a critical distinction in diagnosis.
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - November 25, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info

Polycystic kidney disease - MRI provides alert to progressionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
MRI accurately tracks structural changes that predict functional changes earlier than standard blood and urine tests.
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - November 25, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info

Womans chances of having twins affected by dietemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Dietary changes were found to affect a womans chances of having twins, The Journal of Reproductive Medicine.
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - November 25, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info

Radiation plus hormone therapy increases survival in prostate cancer.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Radiotherapy added to anti-androgen hormone therapy reduces the risk of dying of prostate cancer by 50 percent. [ASTRO].
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - October 4, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Oncology News Source Type: info

Study finds association between hepatitis B and pancreatic canceremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Past hepatitis B infection was twice as prevalent in patients with pancreatic cancer as in healthy people. [J Clin Oncol].
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - October 4, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Oncology News Source Type: info

Anti-inflammatory drugs may mask prostate cancer marker (PSA)email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Regular use of aspirin and ibuprofen may reduce serum levels of PSA altering the detection of prostate cancer. [Cancer].
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - September 12, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Oncology News Source Type: info

Risk of breast cancer mutations underestimated for Asian womenemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Study suggests more Asian American women may need to be tested for BRCA mutations. J Clin Oncol.
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - September 12, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Oncology News Source Type: info

Galiximab - rituximab in previously untreated follicular lymphomaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Cancer and Leukemia Group B announced data from a phase II clinical trial showing that 70 percent response rate.
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - June 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Oncology News Source Type: info

2008 - American Diabetic Association - 68th Scientific Sessionsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The ADA Annual Meeting was held in San Francisco, June 6 - 10, 2008.
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - June 8, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Endocrinology Conference Briefing Source Type: info

Model predicts renal cancer disease free survival at 12 yearsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Unique statistical model that predicts the probability of a patient being cancer free 12 years after initial surgical treatment. J Urol.
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - June 3, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Oncology News Source Type: info

2008 - American Society of Clinical Oncology - 44th Annual Meetingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The ASCO Annual Meeting was held in Chicago, May 30 - June 3, 2008.
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - June 3, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Oncology Conference Briefing Source Type: info