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Advances in diagnostic exams and hormone treatments have drastically cut the incidence of cancer of the uterus, ovaries and cervix over the past five decades. Pap smears that detect abnormal cells in the cervix before they become malignant have contributed to a 75% drop in cervical cancer since the 1950s. Wider use of birth control pills and hormonereplacement therapy (with estrogen and progestin) have decreased the risk of ovarian and uterine cancers. Recent research also suggests that in some cases, a low-fat diet can cut the risk of cervical cancer even further...
...Angiograms are only able to pick up large plaques which are one cause of heart attacks. However, there's currently no technology available in medicine that can detect small plaques, which cause over 50 percent of heart attacks" Brezinski said. "But early tests have suggested that OCT is able to do this...
...Angiograms are only able to pick up large plaques which are one cause of heart attacks. However, there's currently no technology available in medicine that can detect small plaques, which cause over 50 percent of heart attacks"Brezinski said. "But early tests have suggested that OCT is able to do this...
...Safety Systems (PSSI) in Dallas, will enable owners to push two buttons discreetly that will alert police to their location within 10 ft. Police can then respond within three minutes, as they would to any 911 call. The system works using a network of antennas around the city that detect radio signals emitted by the pagers. PSSI hopes to provide the service to other small cities as well as college campuses and businesses later this year...
...reports suggest that new non-invasive techniques can detect blocked arteries before a heart attack occurs. In one study, scientists used an ultrafast C.T. scan and computer technology to view and monitor plaque. In the other, researchers successfully used the scan with an injectable dye to see if arteries had actually narrowed. One conventional method, the stress test, isn't always reliable; in angiograms, the other technique, a catheter must be threaded to the heart...