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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Men with early stages of prostate cancer may be better off having their disease monitored rather than going through harsh treatments such as surgery, according to a recent study that found that men in their 60s who had the invasive surgery actually didn’t live significantly longer than those who were only monitored. Results of the research, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that men do not need...

BEDFORD, Mass., July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, announced today that the NVVP (Netherlands Society for Pathology) has approved the use of the Hologic Cervista HPV HR test for detecting human papillomavirus in the Dutch national cervical screening programme.[i]...

PHOENIX, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cancer Institute has awarded a $3 million grant to the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University to fund research to promote colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among underserved populations. Of cancers that affect both women and men, colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the US, according to the most current data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The four-year...

IRVINE, Calif., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pulse oximetry screening is a "new milestone" in the war on critical congenital heart disease (CCHD), one of the most common causes of infant deaths worldwide, according to a recent editorial in The Lancet and accompanying meta-analysis of studies including 229,421 babies. The meta-analysis by Drs. Andrew Ewer and Shakila Thangaratinam, and colleagues Kiritrea Brown, Javier Zamora, and Khalid S Khan, pooled the results of 13 separate...

A new study has determined how often people should get screened for gastric or stomach cancer in high-risk regions of the world. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings could help reduce deaths from gastric cancer, which is the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality. Although the incidence of gastric cancer has decreased substantially in the western part of the world, the disease is still common in areas such as...

STONY BROOK, N.Y., July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Viatronix Incorporated announced today that the stage finally appears set for a reversal of the May 2009 non-coverage decision for screening CTC by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The latest CTC study, "CT Colonography of a Medicare-Aged Population: Outcomes Observed in an Analysis of More Than 1400 Patients" (American Journal of Roentgenology, AJR2012; 199:W27-W34), provides overwhelming evidence that CT...

Rescreening men at least once likely to be a cost-effective option Aneurysm screening for men aged over 65 is cost effective and rescreening those at highest risk, at least once, should be considered, suggests a study published on bmj.com today. Abdominal aortic aneurysms (caused by ballooning of the artery wall) usually occur in men aged between 65 and 75 years old and are more common among smokers. If the artery wall ruptures, the risk of death is high, but aneurysms at risk of...

LAKE MARY, Fla., July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA®) have named the Spot vision screener the recipient of the Bronze IDEA in the category of Medical and Scientific Products, PediaVision announced today. IDEA is the premier international competition honoring design excellence in products, ecodesign, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts. "This is a tremendous honor to receive the Bronze Award for the design of...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com There is a mantra in medicine that the best form of treatment is prevention. Prevention can be helpful, but it can be harmful as well. Interestingly enough, the U.S. Preventive Task Force advised against routine mammograms for women in their 40s. A recent study completed a follow up on the effects of the recommendation by the Task Force; the group of researchers found that the number of preventive mammograms for women in that age group has declined by about...

DENVER, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prostate Conditions Education Council (PCEC), a national organization committed to men's health and a leader in prostate cancer screening, released the following statement in response to the Premarket Approval (PMA) from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Beckman Coulter's Prostate Health Index (phi). The statement is attributed to PCEC President, Wendy Poage, MHA. "Today's announcement of Premarket...