Archive for October, 2006

New screening tool boosts breast cancer detection

The role genes play in disease development can be thwarted if women are correctly identified and given heightened scrutiny and targeted treatment.

Not just for women: Osteoporosis jumps gender gap

Men's bones also may thin with age, more studies are demonstrating, and the impact can be devastating

Distribution gaps appear in flu shot supply

Those involved in dispensing vaccine are taking pains to explain the system's complexities to physicians.

The arthritis dilemma: When drugs help but also hurt patients

A federal agency sorts through the many options for this common condition but finds, not surprisingly, that all have downsides.

Alliance aims to snuff out movie smoking

A new grant will fund efforts to end tobacco use in films rated for kids.