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Anchor lead: Is a condition called tongue tie in infants associated with lower rates of breastfeeding? Elizabeth Tracey reports Some infants have a bit of tissue beneath their tongues that renders it somewhat less mobile, and may compromise their ability …
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Anchor lead: Using chemotherapy inside the bladder may reduce recurrence, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with early bladder cancer who had the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine placed inside the bladder following surgery to remove the tumor had fewer recurrences, a recent study …
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Anchor lead: Targeted therapies have a role in the treatment of melanoma, Elizabeth Tracey reports Therapies targeting a pathway known as ‘programmed cell death’ or PDL-1 have been shown to be beneficial in people with advanced melanoma, the most deadly …
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Anchor lead: MRI helps when it comes to prostate biopsy, Elizabeth Tracey reports Using magnetic resonance imaging or MRI, in conjunction with ultrasound guidance, improved detection of cancer in prostate biopsies, a recent study in the New England Journal of …
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Anchor lead: New guidelines for prostate cancer screening have been released, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re a man, should you undergo prostate specific antigen or PSA screening for prostate cancer? The United States Preventive Services Task Force, known by the …
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Anchor lead: What’s the best way to have dementia diagnosed? Elizabeth Tracey reports New screening tools for dementia are being developed, with some studies suggesting that they can be used to detect Alzheimer’s disease in a primary care setting. Constantine …
