Q. What is a mammogram? A. A mammogram is an x-ray picture of the breast. Mammograms can find breast cancer that is too small for you, your doctor, or nurse to feel. Finding breast cancer when it is small means that you...
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Electroacupuncture Trial is NCCAM’s First Intramural Study
June 12, 2002 The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has launched a clinical trial of electroacupuncture to determine if it reduces the delayed nausea experienced by cancer patients...
Researchers Examine Bio-Magnetic Sensors
Doctors in the future might be able to diagnose breast and ovarian cancer or Alzheimer’s disease using magnetism and microscopic particles of iron oxide bound to the type of cells being traced. A team led by Dr...
Monthly Breast Self-Examinations
The American Cancer Society suggests all women over the age of 20 should examine their breasts once a month. The best way for women to discover a lump early is to take the time to know her own breasts and to examine...
Colorectal Cancer: Who’s at Risk?
Risk Factors Associated with Colorectal Cancer Age Diet Polyps Personal History Family History Ulcerative Colitis The exact causes of colorectal cancer are not known. However, studies show that the following risk...
Breast Cancer
Introduction The Breasts Understanding the Cancer Process Breast Cancer: Who’s at Risk? Detecting Breast Cancer Recognizing Symptoms Diagnosing Breast Cancer Biopsy When Cancer Is Found Planning Treatment Second...
Study confirms breast cancer risk in continuous combined hormone therapy
Risk begins to return to normal after women stop taking hormones Researchers confirmed that a daily, combined dose of estrogen and progestin increases breast cancer risk in post menopausal women, but added that this...
HHS Approves Nine State Plans to Extend Medicaid Coverage to Women with Breast, Cervical Cancer
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today approved nine new states’ requests to extend Medicaid benefits to uninsured women who are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer through a federal screening program...
Cervical Cancer
Q. What is cervical cancer? A. Cervical cancer is a serious disease in which some cells in your cervix become abnormal (unhealthy), multiply out of control, and can damage healthy parts of your body. The cervix is the...
Four Types of Prostatitis
Prostatitis may account for up to 25 percent of all office visits by young and middle-age men for complaints involving the genital and urinary systems. The term prostatitis actually encompasses four disorders: Acute...
