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Currently a man must undergo a series of diagnostic tests, including a surgical biopsy, to confirm that he has prostate cancer. But no test is able to determine reliably whether the cancer is slow-growing and probably nonfatal or aggressive and in need of immediate treatment. (Read "Halting Hormone Therapy Reduces Breast-Cancer Risk Quickly...
...said SEAS Bioengineering Professor David J. Mooney, an author on the study. “Secondly, it would be a tremendous benefit to patients because it would be more widely available, and less expensive.” But before the therapy can reach that stage, it must undergo human clinical trials that require approval from the Food and Drug Administration, which Ali said he hopes to obtain soon. “We’re developing more of the preclinical data that we need to support a clinical trial,” Ali said. “All the components...
...Official reaction has been swift but relatively benign. Judge Rollins and city court workers will now undergo sensitivity training to prevent such incidents from occurring again. While this is a good measure to prevent future incidents, more needs to be done in the specific incident. Judge Rollins and the law enforcement officers in question should be charged with real disciplinary violations, not simply coddled and warned...
...Rivers - willing to say anything for a laugh - her book has won a great deal of media attention. She's done the predictable Regis-Rachael Ray-Jimmy Kimmel appearances, but she's also been in the New York Times and on NPR to promote her view that women should undergo as many cosmetic procedures as they can afford. "Looking good," she and Frankel write, "equals feeling good ... I'd rather look younger and feel happy than look older and be depressed." But are they right? Does cosmetic surgery actually make you feel better? (See the top 10 most common hospital...
...Surgery (it's available for free here), a team of three authors reviewed 37 previous papers on the psychological effects of cosmetic surgery; the papers dated back to 1960 and, overall, included more than 3,300 test subjects. The authors concluded that most people do feel better psychologically after undergoing cosmetic surgery, especially breast reductions. (Rivers had her breasts taken down some after giving birth to her daughter Melissa, which she says led to her developing "major bazonkas.") Only 3% to 14% of women who undergo reduction mammaplasty are unsatisfied afterwards...