Jan 02
The panel backed the so-called active monitoring approach to prostate cancer treatment as a way to help men avoid the potential health consequences of treatment, which include impotence and incontinence.
The NIH is considering dropping the name “cancer” from this very early stage of the disease because it may make it easier for men to accept that carefully monitoring for changes is a better approach for them than immediate treatment.
Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in men in the United States. Some 240,000 U.S. men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, and about 33,000 will die of the disease.
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Dec 31
Dec. 28, 2011 — Grabbing a paper towel in a public restroom may leave more on your hands than you bargained for.
Researchers say they’ve found bacteria, including some that are known to make people sick, in unused paper towels. They also found that those bacteria could be transferred to hands after washing.
The study is published in the . I
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Dec 30
Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light—electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside.
A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame has made a major advance toward this vision by creating an inexpensive “solar paint” that uses semiconducting nanoparticles to produce energy.
“We want to do something transformative, to move beyond current silicon-based solar technology,” says Prashant Kamat, John A. Zahm Prof
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Dec 16
Maybe I am hungry right now. But after titling this blog post, I am now reminiscing about my favorite take out restaurant here in Fallbrook was a hawaiian barbecue joint called Sweet Leilanis which closed down a couple years ago. I thought it was fitting since little miss Kaylani is simply delicious dont you think? Also, I am so ashamed that this is not a sneak peek, but rather an old session that I cant believe I didnt blog sooner.
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Dec 15
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TUESDAY, December 6, 2011 (Health.com) — Women whose jobs require them to rotate through day and night shifts may be increasing their diabetes risk, especially if they maintain that schedule over a long period of time, a new study of nurses suggests.
A womans risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases steadily with the years of shift work she puts in, the study found. C
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