Saturday, October 6, 2007

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration, which used to be called Pick's disease, is in the news. Learn more from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Also, visit the MedlinePlus dementia topic page.




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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

Live Webcasts: Pediatric Heart Surgeries

Watch a live webcast of a pulmonary valve surgery on October 4 at 9 a.m. EDT and a live webcast of surgery for a congenital heart defect on October 5 at 1 p.m. EDT.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual operations performed at medical centers in the United States.




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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

October NIH News in Health Available

The October issue of NIH News in Health is available. Featured stories cover how social networks affect your health, and how to protect yourself from germs. Also check out the health capsules and the featured Web site.




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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

New Back Pain Treatment Recommendations

The American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society have issued new recommendations on the treatment for low back pain. Check out the MedlinePlus back pain topic page for more information.


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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

Thursday, October 4, 2007

OCC News: PowerColor Donates Sales Proceeds to Fight Cancer (Overclockers Club)

When it comes to diseases like cancer and such, many of us don't think much about it until a loved one or ourselves are diagnosed. Many people try to help out by donating to different charities and foundations in the time of need, and it just seems we can never do enough. Some of us help out with distributed computing programs such as Folding @ Home by donating our PCs spare CPU cycles. Cancer ...

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for testicular cancer]

New bike ride fundraiser means critical funds for cancer (Newstalk 1010 CFRB)

Princess Margaret Hospital's crusade to conquer cancer just got bigger with the launch of new fundraising event, The Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting Princess Margaret Hospital today. The large-scale bike ride of over 200 km will take place June 20-22, 2008.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for testicular cancer]

Vctimas de ciertos cnceres ms propensos a divorciarse (El Paso Times)

BARCELONA, EspaaLa gente que padece cncer cervical o testicular puede enfrentar otra dura realidad: tiene ms probabilidades de que su pareja le pida el divorcio, indic un nuevo estudio.

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[Source: Yahoo! News Search Results for testicular cancer]