health - "medicine"

A team of researchers from Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC) and the University's College of Veterinary medicine have received a $10.9 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to further their studies of retrovirus-associated cancer.

According to a study published in The Lancet Oncology, cancer survival rates differ greatly between countries all over the world. The study compared 31 countries and assessed data on nearly 2 million cancer patients. Of these results, one of the most dramatic is the survival rate for prostate cancer in the United States at almost 92%, whereas in Europe, the rate was 57%. From Atlanta -read more

iTunes has the ability to manage and organize PDF files just as easy as music files, allowing radiologists to better organize their personal files of articles and images, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Renji Hospital and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine in Shanghai, China.

The 1st Pan-American Congress on Anti-Aging medicine will be held from 4 to 6 September 2008 at the Palace of Congress of Montréal (Canada), under the aegis of the WOSAAM World Society of Anti-Aging medicine and with the support of many international Societies and renowned scientists. This event will be one of a kind in America for its unique approach regarding the concept of 'Global Aging Management'. Over 2000 attendees from all over the world are expected to join.

Commonly viewed as an inevitable consequence of aging and often ignored in clinical practice, falls among the elderly were cut by 11 percent when researchers at Yale School of medicine used a combination of fall prevention educational campaigns and interventions aimed at encouraging clinicians to incorporate fall-risk assessment and management into their practices.

Patients suffering from major depression are at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, but treating these patients with medication can greatly reduce the risk, according to new findings by researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of medicine. The results of their study are published in the July 16 issue of the journal PLoS ONE.