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D&C Defined
Dilation and curettage. A minor operation in which the cervix is expanded enough (dilation) to permit the cervical canal and uterine lining to be scraped with a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette (curettage). Also called dilatation and curettage.
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Super berries! New fruits pack a ton of nutrients
Published July 4, 2008, 12:06 pm, New York Daily News
In addition to the familiar strawberries and blueberries, a new wave of so-called super berries are also coming to market. With exotic names such as açaí or goji, these berries boast superior qualities that make them a must-have in your meals.
Healthy Eating Tips For The Summer Barbecue Season
Published July 4, 2008, 2:07 am, Medical News Today
As we head deeper into the summer barbecue season, experts at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) are encouraging healthy eating choices in order to decrease the risk of cancer. CINJ is making its experts available to discuss the role nutrition plays in the prevention of cancer as well as in the treatment of the disease.
What to do with Ground Zero
Published July 3, 2008, 9:56 pm, Online Journal
The latter will give you a brief history of the real estate boondoggle that has left the 16-acre site with construction stops and starts, a 36-page PDF by the Port of Authority of New York and New Jersey about what went wrong, and the bottom line that the memorial to the lost of 9/11 will not be open on time for the 10th anniversary, that’s September 11, 2011, as previously announced.
Discovery Of Gene Mechanism Could Bring About New Ways To Treat Metastatic Cancer
Published July 3, 2008, 11:22 am, Science Daily
The molecular and biochemical mechanism of action of unique cytokine gene found to induce potent bystander antitumor effects in animal models and in Phase I clinical trials has been identified. Researchers have uncovered how a gene, melanoma differentiation associated gene-7/interleukin-24 (mda-7/IL-24), induces a bystander effect that kills cancer cells not directly receiving mda-7/IL-24 ...
Healthy Eating Tips for the Summer Barbecue Season
Published July 3, 2008, 10:22 am, Newswise
With July being "Health-Promoting Lifestyles for Cancer Prevention Month," cancer experts are available to discuss the role of healthy eating for the summer barbecue season.
Potential New Ways To Treat Metastatic Cancer Following Discovery Of Gene Mechanism
Published July 3, 2008, 5:16 am, Medical News Today
Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered how a gene, melanoma differentiation associated gene-7/interleukin-24 (mda-7/IL-24), induces a bystander effect that kills cancer cells not directly receiving mda-7/IL-24 without harming healthy ones, a discovery that could lead to new therapeutic strategies to fight metastatic disease.
Can Bovine Growth Hormone Help Slow Global Warming? [News]
Published July 2, 2008, 3:37 pm, Scientific American
Talk about milking an issue. Adding a new twist to the debate over the safety of hormones in milk, a new industry study concludes that injecting cows with a growth hormone known as recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) designed to increase their milk production is environmentally friendly. Why? Because it has the potential of reducing the number of greenhouse gas–emitting dairy cows on the ...
Discovery Could Bring New Metastatic Cancer Treatments
Published July 1, 2008, 8:22 am, Newswise
Molecular and biochemical mechanism of action of unique cytokine gene found to induce potent bystander antitumor effects in animal models and in Phase I clinical trials identified. The findings may lead researchers to develop potential novel enhanced therapies to treat various forms of cancer.
Solis Women's Health Brings Molecular Breast Imaging to Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Published July 1, 2008, 8:04 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Solis Women's Health, with eight centers across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex devoted entirely to mammography and breast imaging, announced today that it is adding molecular imaging to the diagnostic tools it has available in its DFW locations.
Yeast-based Vaccine Induces Immune Responses and Reduces Tumor Size in Mice
Published July 1, 2008, 6:57 am, Kansas City InfoZine
Scientists have found that vaccination with a heat-killed, non-toxic yeast that is genetically engineered to manufacture a common tumor protein can induce specific and repeated anti-tumor immune responses in mice. Vaccination extends overall survival and reduces tumor size in mice that have been injected with cancer cells displaying the same protein that was engineered into the yeast.
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