Breast Cancer’s New Controversy
 Recent Studies Question Assumptions About Mammograms
by Gina Shaw
If you ask the average woman in most developed countries what disease most scares her, chances are good she’ll say "breast cancer." Even though heart attack and stroke are greater killers of women, some surveys have indicated that up to 61 percent of women think that breast cancer is their greatest health risk. But despite this high level of concern and awareness—despite years of pink ribbons and Races for the Cure—there’s still a lot that scientists don’t understand about this disease.
And more often recently, what we think we understand is later questioned. What we know about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer depends on whom you ask and when you ask them. Lately it seems that what’s accepted in breast cancer science, even more than with other troubling diseases, is changing almost daily. So how do women and their doctors know what treatments to choose, what tests to take, and what preventive strategies to pursue? Often the answers are complex and depend upon the particular woman and her case....more...
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The Tiniest Revolution
Minimally Invasive Methods Changing World of Surgery
by Gina Shaw
Five years ago, if you wanted to donate a kidney to save the life of your sister or your cousin or your best friend, you faced the prospect of major surgery. After the operation, you could expect to spend about a week in the hospital, and then you’d be out of work for several weeks while you recovered.....
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Pediatric Transplants Find Growing Success
New Drugs, Novel Treatments
Hold Promise for Higher Survival Rates
by Kurt Samson
Last Memorial Day, pediatric transplant surgeons at the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis gave 8-month-old Nolan King a new heart.....
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In Vitro Fertilization Comes of Age
Doctors Steering Away From Drug Therapy
To Avoid Risky Multiple Births
by Gina Shaw
Many people still remember her name: Louise Brown, the world’s first "test-tube baby"....
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