News tagged with cancer management
Yahoo soap opera features new cast of leaders
(AP) -- Yahoo's dysfunctional turnaround efforts have morphed into a Silicon Valley soap opera, one that has taken another strange twist with the Internet company's ousting of CEO Scott Thompson just four ...
May 15, 2012 |
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Steve Jobs bio, candid portrait of complicated man
The eagerly awaited biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs hit bookstores Monday, painting a candid portrait of a technology visionary who could be as bruising as he was brilliant.
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Pre-surgical stress management boosts immune function, lowers mood disturbance in prostate cancer patients
Practicing stress management techniques before prostate cancer surgery may help activate the body's immune response leading to quicker recovery, as well as aid in lowering mood disturbance, according to a new study by researchers ...
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Cancer experience worse for young adults in spite of better survival odds
Younger adult cancer patients have the most difficulty coping with the pain and emotional issues of cancer, in spite of their potentially better survival odds, according to a University of Michigan Health System study.
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Type 2 diabetes and insulin use are associated with colorectal cancer in men
There is an association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and colorectal cancer (CRC) among men, but not women, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Associ ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Innovative Web-based tool helps doctors improve care
A Web-based tool that extracts information from the electronic medical record (EMR) helps primary care physicians improve care and manage their entire panel of patients. Those are the findings of two new Kaiser Permanente ...
Oct 02, 2010 |
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Radiofrequency ablation safe and effective for reducing pain from bone metastases
Image-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA), a minimally invasive cancer treatment which can be performed in the outpatient setting, significantly reduced the level of pain experienced by cancer patients with bone (osseous) ...
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Study finds pre-surgical stress management improves mood, quality of life
Brief stress management sessions prior to and immediately after surgery may have both short- and long-term benefit for men undergoing a radical prostatectomy for early-stage prostate cancer, according to research from The ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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End-of-life care at hospitals varies for children with cancer
Though treatment of pain and attention to end-of-life care for pediatric cancer patients has improved over the last few decades, there is still work to be done. Additionally, opioid prescriptions for pediatric cancer patients ...
Feb 05, 2009 |
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