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5/14/08
Get Moving to Prevent Breast Cancer!
Now, there’s more motivation to hit the gym: it’s good for your breast health!Better Brain Injury Diagnoses
A new technique for analyzing MRIs may help detect hard to diagnose nerve damage in cases of traumatic brain injuries.Smoking pot Risks Heart Attack, Stroke
Scientists using a new technique for measuring proteins may have uncovered a link between heavy marijuana use and heart attack and stroke.PET Imaging in Question
The value of positron emission tomography with a radioactive tracer (FDG-PET) is in question after the results of a new study show it isn’t effective in detecting small metastases in patients with head and neck cancer.Opening up About Sexual Health Screening
Though young women may be fine with being tested for sexually transmitted diseases, they don’t like talking about their sex lives with their doctors.FREE VIDEO: Help for Small Hearts
For patients awaiting a heart transplant, it's a race against the clock. But a new device is buying doctors more time, especially for the smallest patients.