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Iraqi doctors and senior nurses learn new techniques in head and neck cancer management

Thirty-two Iraqi Surgeons, Medical Oncologists and Senior Nurses travelled to the King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan at the beginning of June to participate in a Seminar on Cancer Management.

29 Jun 2004

AIDS is the fifth leading killer of women aged 25-44

National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is June 27 and the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) encourages women to visit their health care providers for HIV counseling, testing, and appropriate medical care should they test positive

28 Jun 2004

First university-based research center devoted to studying epigenetics

With a $5 million, five-year federal grant, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is establishing what is believed to be the first university-based research center devoted to studying epigenetics

28 Jun 2004

Massive disparities in medical school admissions by social class

There are massive disparities in medical school admissions by social class, mainly because pupils from working class backgrounds see medical school as distant, unreal, and culturally alien, according to two studies in this week's BMJ.

26 Jun 2004

BMA comments on the Human Tissue Bill

Commenting on the Human Tissue Bill, to be debated in the House of Commons on Monday 28 June, the BMA strongly welcomes many of the changes that are being proposed.

26 Jun 2004

Senior citizens cutting back on medications due to high costs

The findings are based on an in-depth study over a three-year period of nearly 8,000 older adults who were regularly taking prescription medicines at the beginning of the study.

25 Jun 2004

There are 9.8 million cancer survivors in the United States

A cancer survivor is defined as anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, from the time of diagnosis through the balance of his or her life. The findings are published in the June 25 issue of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, "Cancer Survivorship - United States, 1971 - 2001."

24 Jun 2004

Eating fish during pregnancy produces children with better language and communication skills

A new study of children in Bristol has shown that women who ate fish regularly during pregnancy had children with better language and communication skills by the age of 18 months.

24 Jun 2004

Thailand aims to reduce HIV prevalence among adults to 1 percent by 2006

Thailand has already met most of the development goals agreed at the U.N. Millennium Summit attended by world leaders four years ago.

24 Jun 2004

Stubbing out smoking in all American workplaces would save more than 2,420 lives and $280 million

Making workplaces smoke-free would prevent an estimated 610 stroke and heart attack deaths in the first year alone, mostly among non-smokers. Over seven years, the study projects that more than 2,420 lives and $280 million would be saved – not including the costs associated with other smoking-related illnesses or lost productivity.

24 Jun 2004

Doctors failing to identify smoking in adolescents

Doctors are failing to identify smoking status in about half of the adolescent patients seen, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison study.

24 Jun 2004

£126.5 million in disability benefits unclaimed

Macmillan Cancer Relief has announced that as much as £126.5 million in disability benefits is unclaimed by people diagnosed with terminal cancer in the UK.

23 Jun 2004

Lead author of Disability Civil Rights Law and Policy to testify before congress on disability policy

Peter Blanck, Charles M. & Marion Kierscht Professor of Law at the University of Iowa and director of the Iowa Law, Health Policy and Disability Center, will testify before Congress this week on the lives of disabled people in America.

23 Jun 2004

Troubling signs of a future doctor shortages in California

Although the current supply of physicians in California is adequate, there are persistent shortages of doctors in low-income and rural counties, particularly those with high Hispanic populations

23 Jun 2004

Sports medicine may help the national fight against pediatric obesity

Physicians and coaches can evaluate the effectiveness of methods widely used to measure body composition and predict the minimum weight an athlete should maintain.

23 Jun 2004

Residency training is demanding, leading busy residents to forfeit sleep

Federal mandates last year capped the resident’s work week at 80 hours, reducing the amount of time spent in the operating room and in the hospital treating patients.

23 Jun 2004

Trends in the American diet can be described as more calories, more refined grains, more added sugars, and more added fats

The reasons behind these trends are largely economic, says Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Nutritional Sciences Program in the UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine.

23 Jun 2004