Women's Treatment Center

Experts issue call to reconsider screening for breast cancer and prostate cancer.
NewsRx Health; 11/22/2009; 1694 words; ...Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in...detection and over-treatment," they write in...cancers in the U.S., with an estimated...much of the U.S. population undergoes...about 70 percent of women older than 40 report...diseases in the U.S. The screenings have...6. Similarly, a ...

3-week course of breast radiation may be as effective as conventional 5- to 7-week course for early breast cancers.
NewsRx Health; 11/22/2009; 1007 words; ...type of radiation treatment should be routinely...Beth Israel Medical Center in New York said. This shorter treatment, called accelerated...attractive option because women can receive a full...three weeks of daily treatments vs. five to seven...the cost of this treatment is lower ...

Teen girls diagnosed with STI more likely to seek treatment for partners after watching video.
NewsRx Health & Science; 11/22/2009; 1498 words; ...Hopkins Children's Center found that girls diagnosed...to ensure partner treatment than girls diagnosed...Hopkins Children's, shows teen girls...as notifying one's partner, urging him...Hopkins Children's. The most alarming...come back to us as women suffering from ...

Study finds it's safe to treat HER2-positive breast cancer with trastuzumab and adjuvant radiation.
NewsRx Health & Science; 11/22/2009; 1183 words; ...Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive...Fox Chase Cancer Center reports that it may...radiation therapy treatment in the adjuvant setting...received this type of treatment." The study followed...Trastuzumab, Treatment, Women's Health, Fox Chase...

Study examines associations between antibiotic use during pregnancy and birth defects.
NewsRx Health; 11/22/2009; 1184 words; ...commonly taken by pregnant women do not appear to be...medications. Krista S. Crider, Ph.D., of the Centers for Disease Control...data from 13,155 women whose pregnancies were...Pregnancy, Therapy, Treatment, Women's Health, JAMA and Archives...