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If you’ve had X-rays to examine your teeth or lungs, you’ve probably been given a lead apron to drape over other parts of your body. Now the American Dental Association has joined other professional organizations to abandon this practice as …
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Lead aprons are no longer required for the vast majority of diagnostic imaging with X-rays, such as those your dentist might use. Mahadevappa Mahesh, a medical physics expert at Johns Hopkins, says using an apron might compromise the study. Mahesh: …
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Employing treatments like chemotherapy shortly before someone dies is not only ineffective, it can reduce quality of life and someone’s ability to interact with loved ones. Now a new study examines how often immunotherapy is utilized within a month of …
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Diabetes drugs known as GLP1 receptor agonists are much in the news for weight loss. Now a new study finds that when people with diabetes take them, their risk of colorectal cancer is reduced. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson …
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A panel of proteins found in the blood was both sensitive and specific in men and women in detecting early cancers. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says the numbers may even be better if …
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