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Preventing AIDS Deaths in Blacks

Written by Rebecca Nuttall | 12 March 2010

(NNPA) – Although the number of HIV infections is growing at an alarming rate throughout the Black community, African-American women are the group most disproportionately affected. While representing only 12 percent of the U.S. female population, they account for 61 percent of all new HIV infections among women.

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Accelerated Radiation Therapy Reduces Toxicity in Patients with Advanced Head and Neck Cancers

Written by ASTRO | 26 February 2010

Using an accelerated, shorter course of radiation therapy for patients with advanced head and neck cancer allows doctors to reduce the amount of chemotherapy, thus reducing toxicity, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM.

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Special Issue of Business Horizons Focuses on Healthcare and Life Sciences Issues

Written by Indiana University | 26 February 2010

A special issue of Business Horizons, a bimonthly journal published by Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, in partnership with Elsevier, will focus on issues central to healthcare and life sciences.

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UNC Leads Initiative to Eradicate Cervical Cancer; N.C. Governor Applauds Plan

Written by Univ.of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 15 February 2010

Cervical Cancer N.C. GovernorAsserting that no one should die from cervical cancer, public health researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are leading a multi-state initiative to prevent – or even eradicate – the disease. The Cervical Cancer-Free Initiative is a multi-year project aimed at preventing the disease through vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) and effective screening for early signs of cervical cancer.

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Heartache to Heartbreak -- How to Recognize a Heart Attack, Or Avoid One All Together

Written by Pennsylvania Medical Society | 15 February 2010

Not everyone who suffers a heart attack clutches their chest and falls to the floor. “I woke up and felt like a pill was stuck in my throat,” says Betsy, a 68-year-old patient from Upper Providence. “I was taking antibiotics at the time and really didn’t think much of it,” she adds. “So I tried drinking water and when the “stuck” feeling didn’t go away after 45 minutes, I thought something might be wrong.”

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Diabetes Prevention: What You Need to Know

Written by University of the Sciences in Philadelphia | 15 February 2010

diabetes and minoritiesThe American Diabetes Association reports that there are a staggering 57 million people in the United States living with pre-diabetes, a condition that often has no symptoms, but if left untreated has the potential to cause type 2 diabetes and other severe consequences.

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Researchers Link Calorie Intake to Cell Lifespan, Cancer Development

Written by Organization Staff | 15 January 2010

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered that restricting consumption of glucose, the most common dietary sugar, can extend the life of healthy human-lung cells and speed the death of precancerous human-lung cells, reducing cancer’s spread and growth rate.

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Seeking Knowledge, Truth and Wisdom Through the Philosophy of Agnosticism

Written by Organization Staff | 07 November 2009

CHICAGO -- Today's America seems to split in two opposing parties: those who feel religion is under attack, and those who feel religion is unjustly pushing itself into secular life. While many books exist that either promote or bash religion, few book explore religion and spirituality from an neutral, agnostic standpoint. Author James Wall, an agnostic himself, set to fill this void with his new book, "To Be Agnostic."

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