Should a disabled teenager have a hysterectomy?
Controversy in the UK, as the NHS is denying the procedure. The mother thinks that her 15-year old daughter, who has cerebral palsy, ...

FDA approves breast cancer genetic test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a test that helps in assessing the risk of tumor recurrence and long-term su...

MedBlog Power 8
01/10/2008 - 01/17/2008Next revision: 01/17/2008(Key: Rank, Blog name, Last week's rank, Post of note)1) The Happy Hospitalist (1), I A...

TOP2A FISH pharmDx: New Genetic Test for Breast Cancer, FDA-Approved
Approved by the FDA, a genetic test that can help in the assessment of risk of tumor recurrence and long-term survival for patients wit...

Risk from Breast-Cancer Genes One More Time
Until a few days ago, we had been told that women who have a family history of breast cancer combined with mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2...

Saliva Test To Detect Breast Cancer?
The quantity and identity of specific protein markers in the human saliva can be used as an early, non-invasive diagnostic test for bre...

More About Fibroid Surgery
So why not just remove all fibroids to treat infertility and to prevent pregnancy complications? Because the operation is not without ...

Traditional Naturopath Podcast #41
The Traditional Naturopath Podcast - 41 - (01/12/08)Click on the Play button (the black triangle pointing to the right) below to ...

Genentech Earnings: Still Growing, But Not So Much
The Genentech juggernaut is slowing. The company s still on fire compared to most of the drug industry analysts expect annual ear...