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Circulating tumor DNA predicts recurrence in 11 of 14 patientsFiled under: cancer alternative medicine...

photo by slightlysteady.com Do you suffer from allergies or become congested really easy and use an over-the-counter medication for relief? Many products like vapor rubs work well, but contain... Visit my website for full links, other content,...

When is it not alright for your cat to drool? Would you know the difference between normal levels and those that are elevated? Have you ever even seen your cat drool? Check out what's deemed normal or acceptable and what's not when it comes to drooli...

schwit1 quotes a report from The Telegraph: The Alzheimer's gene, which dramatically raises the risk of developing dementia, is already affecting carriers by the age of three, shrinking their brains and lowering cognition, a new study suggests. Child...

Harris et al1 provide useful new data for evaluating which occupational hazards are most deadly, and how this has changed over time. They have estimated excess deaths for different occupational groups, presumably exposed to specific hazards, via calc...

Background It is of considerable interest to forecast the future burden of mesothelioma mortality. Data on deaths are available, whereas no measure of asbestos exposure is available.Methods We compare two Poisson models: a response-only model with a.

While the Ebola and Zika viruses have made national and international headlines in recent months, another epidemic of larger magnitude is quietly devastating agricultural communities in developing countries worldwide. In Central America, the death to...

An anonymous reader writes from a report via The Telegraph: Researchers at Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard universities found in the biggest ever study into weight and death that obesity is three times more deadly for men than women, and that being sli...

HughPickens.com writes: Perri Klass M.D. writes in the NYT that according to a new study of children aged 5 to 11, thumb-suckers and nail-biters were less likely to have positive allergic skin tests later in life. In the study, parents were asked abo...

Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes an article from the New York Times: Something strange is going on in medicine. Major diseases, like colon cancer, dementia and heart disease, are waning in wealthy countries, and improved diagnosis and treatment cannot...

Nearly two weeks ago, everything was going along smoothly. Writing was coming easily and I'd just had a visit with my Mom in Montreal, buying her fresh flowers for her balcony pots.  I'd done grocery shopping for our holiday at the cottage and t...

Drug intoxication is a condition that causes sufferers are in the stage of danger and... more » The post 10 Ways to Overcome Drug Poisoning and How to Prevent It appeared first on Zona7.Net.

Recently, the Pennsylvania Medical Society sent this letter to the executive vice presidents of all US state medical societies and many specialty societies regarding their vote of no confidence regarding the ABMS Maintenance of Certification® (MOC®...

Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Department invites application for various Senior Technical Assistant & Technical Assistant posts on the official website. Interested candidates please check and read all recruitment instruction or informa...

New policy recommendations on preventing occupational exposure to cytotoxic drugs were launched in the European Parliament on 26 April 2016, an important new initiative designed to protect healthcare professionals working across the EU, Hospital Phar...

As we move from spring to summer we will be facing warmer temperatures, higher humidity and more rain.  This creates a perfect environment for standing water mosquito breeding grounds, and an increase in the mosquito population especially the Aedes...

Excuse me for being a “doubting Thomas,” but when I saw articles in JAMA Internal Medicine and commentaries supporting use of generics instead of brand name drugs I asked myself “Where is the proof of equivalent results and safety?”.  Generi...

Filed under: cancer alternative medicine...

I remember oncologists keeps telling cancer survivors that alternative therapies gives only false hope. I guess its the same thing for them tooFiled under: cancer alternative medicine...

You’ve most likely ne’er given a afterthought to attending to your native pharmacy and reading some cough drops or medicine over the counter, presumptuous it’s all safe. You’d most likely ne’er even imagine a number of these product...

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