Sydney, October 27: While the number of women turning to mammograms has significantly increased following breast cancer diagnoses among many celebrities, experts have found that many of them are in the under-40 age group, where mammographic screening is not effective.
"It is important to dispel the misconceptions, address unnecessary alarm and provide the facts for this age group," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Dr. Helen Zorbas, director of the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, as saying at the launch of breast cancer awareness day in Sydney.
Heidelberg - Sleeping uninterruptedly through the night is considered healthy. But a new study shows that multiple nightly visits to the bathroom can help keep a person healthy.
Researchers in the United States have discovered noticeably reduced risks of bladder cancer among people who have a strong need to urinate during the night.
People who go to the bathroom at least twice nightly reduce their
risk of cancer risk by around 40 per cent for men and around 50 per cent for women and were more marked among smokers than non-smokers.
The number of medical experts using robotic approach to perform various surgeries is increasing continuously. Various medical experts opine that the use of robot during surgery helps in resolving medical complications.
The study led by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell's Dr. Douglas Scherr has proved the benefits of robotic surgery for kidney cancer. The researchers affirm that the robotic approach helps in faster recoveries along with surgical precision. It also reduces the time period of hospital stay.