In baseball, 3 strikes and youre out. The most common annual vaccine targets 3 strains of flu virus. This year, 2 vaccine strains are spot on and successfully matched. One strain is partially mismatched, but still believed to offer partial coverage for that strain.
A simple technique may be most effective in preventing heart disease after radiation therapy for breast cancer. Women who have breast cancer on their left side present a particular challenge to radiation oncologists.
When the HIV/AIDS epidemic officially began in 1981, a positive diagnosis was a death sentence. However, today an estimated 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the US, and thanks to modern treatment, are living longer and happier lives than ever.
The most commonly used medications for osteoporosis worldwide, bisphosphonates, may also prevent certain kinds of lung, breast, and colon cancers, according to 2 studies.
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered that cancer cells may be particularly susceptible to metabolic stress, opening the way for new targeted therapy that wont harm normal cells.
AMD is a progressive condition that is untreatable in up to 90% of patients and is a leading cause of blindness in the elderly worldwide. The 2 forms of AMD, wet and dry, are classified based on the presence or absence of blood vessels that have invaded the retina.
