Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 2 December 2007

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Sunday 2 December 2007

Racial And Cultural Differences In Breast Cancer Treatment

Written by Catharine Paddock

Scientists at the Science of Cancer Health Disparities conference came together in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, this week to address the question, how do social disadvantages, genetics, race and culture contribute to the health...
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GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology photo

New Susceptibility Gene Discovered For Chronic Pancreatitis CTRC Named New "Bad Guy" Of Disease
Dr. Miklos Sahin-Toth of Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine has named CTRC a susceptibility gene for three common forms of chronic pancreatitis, including alcoholic pancreatitis, which accounts for...
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Newly Identified Exercise Gene Could Help With Depression
Boosting an exercise-related gene in the brain works as a powerful anti-depressant in mice-a finding that could lead to a new anti-depressant drug target, according to a Yale School of Medicine report in Nature Medicine...
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Other Medical and Health News for 2 December*

India: Pictorial Warnings On Cigarette Packs

New Studies Find Smoking Cessation Rates Double With Counselling And Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Sheffield: City's Shock Smoking Toll

Independent Panel Issues Report On Transfer Of Youth From Juvenile To Adult Justice System

Fossils Illustrate Sex Differences In Growth And The Costs Of Being A Male

The Benefits Of Hip Replacement

Journal Current Reviews In Musculoskeletal Medicine To Be Launched By Springer

UK Study Looks At Patient Satisfaction With Out-Of-Hours Doctors

The Gold Standard For Clinical Mass Spectral Data

New Investigator Research Grants Get New UK Researchers Off The Ground

UK And Other Wealthy Commonwealth Countries Urged To Help Poorer Member Countries Improve Infrastructure

UK Researchers Predict Pensions Catastrophe

Bladder Stone Formation After A Tension Free Vaginal Tape Procedure: Report On Two Cases

Neobladder Overactivity; An Equivalent To Spontaneous Rectal Contraction

Persistent Hypocalcemia Induced By Zoledronic Acid In A Patient With Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer And Bone Metastases

Robotic Partial Nephrectomy For Complex Renal Tumors: Surgical Technique

Composition And Clinically Determined Hardness Of Urinary Tract Stones

Health Care Cost Associated With Prostate Cancer, Androgen Deprivation Therapy And Bone Complications

Risk Stratification Of Men With Gleason Score 7 To 10 Tumors By Primary And Secondary Gleason Score: Results From The SEARCH Database

The Template Of The Primary Lymphatic Landing Sites Of The Prostate Should Be Revisited: Results Of A Multimodality Mapping Study

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