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Lab-quality point-of-care test for hypothyroidism promises measurable health benefits
Undiagnosed thyroid disorders are a worldwide problem.Testing for hypothyroidism has required central laboratory facilities and follow-up procedures to get patients into and stay in treatment. Vivacta has now developed an...
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Cancer Prevention Coalition Comments on The Obama Cancer Plan
www.preventcancer.com - Obama is the first President-elect to develop a comprehensive cancer plan, besides doubling cancer funding.The plan defines and coordinates the responsibilities of four federal agencies: the National Cancer...
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Cancer Prevention Coalition Comments on The Obama Cancer Plan
The plan defines and coordinates the responsibilities of four federal agencies: the , for research and clinical trials; the , for epidemiological follow up and support of cancer survivors; the , for funding cancer related care; and the FDA,...
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Cancer Prevention Coalition Comments on The Obama Cancer Plan
CHICAGO - (Business Wire) Obama is the first President-elect to develop a comprehensive cancer plan, besides doubling cancer funding.The plan defines and coordinates the responsibilities of four federal agencies: the , for research and...
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Vascular Pattern and Spectral Parameters of Power Doppler Ultrasound as Predictors of Malignancy Risk in Thyro
Bakhshaee M et al.- Spectral parameter and vascular pattern are useful to distinguish malignant from benign thyroid nodules, especially for those with suspicious or undetermined fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Vascular Pattern and...
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BioIQ and Alere to Provide At-Home Biometric Screening Tests to Employees
'In today's increasingly virtual world, more employees are working remotely, either from home or satellite locations,' said Dr.Ron Geraty As part of this workplace-wellness initiative, participants of Alere's Screening Services Programs...
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Ask the doctor: Is low blood pressure a problem?
Q: You're always talking about high blood pressure.Mine is always on the low side, about 80/60. Is that a problem? A: Healthy blood pressure is defined as anything under 120/80 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg)? Yours certainly falls...
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PTEN deficiency accelerates tumour progression in a mouse model of thyroid cancer
Inactivation and silencing of PTEN have been observed in multiple cancers, including follicular thyroid carcinoma.PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted from chromosome 10) functions as a tumour suppressor by opposing the...
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Modern management of thyroid replacement therapy
Peter Davoren, Clinical Director, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gold Coast Hospital, and Senior Lecturer, Griffith University, Queensland Summary Hypothyroidism is a common and chronic condition.Finding a high concentration of thyroid...
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Role of thyroid ultrasound in the diagnostic evaluation of thyroid nodules
Rago T et al.- Thyroid ultrasound (US) features associated with malignancy in thyroid nodules are microcalcifications, hypoechogenicity, irregular margins or absent halo sign, solid aspect, intranodular vascularization, and...
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Surgical approaches in thyroid cancer and lymph-node metastases
Dralle H et al.- Thyroid cancer collectively encompasses a variety of tumors of disparate morphology and biology. With the exception of radio-iodine therapy for iodine-concentrating well-differentiated thyroid cancers,...
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Higher Initial Doses of Thyroxine Better for Congenital Hypothyroidism
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Nov 28 - In children diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism, higher initial doses of L-thyroxine normalize thyroid better than lower doses, according to a report in the November issue of...
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High-Normal Thyroid Function Linked to Increased Risk of Atrial Fibrillation
_ High-Normal Thyroid Function Linked to Increased Risk of Atrial Fibrillation.
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A Possible Cure for Downs Syndrome?; Smoking & Cognitive Decline; Calcium & Vitamin D & Breast Cancer Risk
Downs syndrome, or trisomy 21, is the most common of the trisomy disorders.As with other trisomy disorders, an extra copy of a chromosome is present, resulting in three copies instead of the normal two copies (in the case of trisomy 21,...
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Penn State Researchers Target Selenium To Slow AIDS Progression
Penn State scientists were able to slow replication of the AIDS producing virus by increasing selenium production in the blood cells.Sandeep Prabhu, Penn State assistant professor of immunology and molecular toxicology says, 'Our results...
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Development and Initial Validation of the Thyroid Cancer Module of the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory
bEndocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, The University of Texas M.Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex., and cGlobal Outcomes Research, Pfizer Inc., New London, Conn., USA Oncology 2009;76:59-68 (DOI: 10.1159/000178809) Key Words...
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Battle to cut baby death rates
Population decline has been a problem in Russia for decades.Government has put in place a range of initiatives to reverse the downward demographic trend. Among them is a key programme to lower infant mortality rates. The birth rate...
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Diabetes, Growth Disorders Drive Sales of Pediatric Hormone Drugs
Press Release New York, February 6, 2008 /PR Newswire Prescription pediatric drugs represent an enormous market, with manufacturer sales totaling $36.9 billion in 2006.Though overall annual growth is forecast at a modest 3.2%, reaching ...
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Solving Autoimmune Thyroid Problem
I struggled for years with hair loss, dry skin and tiredness all the time.I was finally sent to an endocrinologist who discovered I have Hashimoto's disease and prescribed Armour Thyroid. Now that I take this natural hormone, my...
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'Something to come back to' - Graduating senior fought cancer through swimming
Elizabeth Mancuso, who goes by Liz, was more or less a typical first-year student four years ago.Recruited to the , the Andover, Mass. native chose Dartmouth, in part, for its New England location and proximity to her family, to whom...
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a frequent occurrence in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis
RMS group: 38 females, 17 males; mean age 39.9 +/- 9.3 yrs Control group: 39 females, 15 males; mean age 39.6 +/- 10.Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a frequent occurrence in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis.
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Drugs That Inhibit Levothyroxine Absorption
Levothyroxine is widely used to treat patients with thyroid disorders.Unfortunately, the bioavailability of levothyroxine can be reduced by a variety of other medications, leading to reduced levothyroxine effect. One would expect...
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Immunoanalysis Indicates that the Sodium Iodide Symporter is not Overexpressed in Intracellular Compartments i
Peyrottes I et al.- The results strongly indicate that the NIS protein level is low in thyroid and breast cancers and that the intracellular staining obtained with anti-NIS antibodies corresponds to a non-specific signal.
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Cancer incidence and deaths decline in USA
MedWire News: The overall incidence of cancer and cancer deaths has started to fall in men and women in the USA, study findings show.This is the first Annual Report to the Nation to document a decline in both the incidence and the death...
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Longevity Linked to Heart Disease Protection
Older adults whose parents lived 100 years or longer are healthier than others their age and have dramatically lower risks of heart attack, stroke, diabetes or dying from any other cause, researchers at the Boston University School of...
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