Associated PressOct. 1, 2024 Dockworkers' Strike Could Push up Prices and Cause Shortages if It Lasts for Weeks Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas have started walking picket lines in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages...
In 2017, the new head of the WHO Classification of Tumours, Dr Ian Cree, therefore set up an independent editorial board, the standing members of which are nominated by the major societies of pathology around the world [1,2,3,4]. This has since been expanded to include genetics and radio...
To see if mammographic screening has been associated with reductions in advanced breast cancers and mortality from breast cancer, we analyzed trends in age-specific and age-standardized breast cancer...doi:10.1016/0959-8049(93)90196-MNoneEuropean Journal of Cancer...
“If the pandemic has taught us anything,its that with solidarity,determination,innovation and the equitable use of tools,we can overcome severe health threats.Lets apply those lessons to tuberculosis.It is time to put a stop to this long-time killer.Working together,we can end TB.”Dr ...
The current study has no external criterion (e.g., structured clinical interviews) to assess sensitivity and specificity of the WHO-5 as a depression screening-tool. Conclusions The WHO-5 is a psychometrically sound measure. However, large-scale cross-cultural studies should employ a latent varia...
and we did, and i had cancer." sharon osbourne image credit: nikki nelson/wenn. sharon osbourne has been very open about her battle with colon cancer, the second leading cause of death in the united states . she not only battled colorectal cancer in 2002 but also had a double mastectomy...
She returned to the doctor when she felt a “bump” on her pectoral muscle, later learning that the breast cancer had returned. She had chemo and has been on “meds for five years,” saying, “They’re horrible. They’re hormone suppressors. They make you feel old.” Still, she says...
Identified in 1989, the chronic nature of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionand severe health impacts, such as liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, led to increased focus on harm reduction policies [2, 3]. This has included promoting safer injection practices and providing clean needles and syringes...
In 2001, Jacky Hunt-Broersma lost her left leg below the knee to a rare form of cancer. She fought cancer with a sense of defiance and stubbornness that has carried her through many challenges since then. One such challenge began when she decided to take up running in 2016. She said ...
the policy if the cancer has not spread beyond the initial point of discovery or is not life-threatening. A diagnosis of a stroke may not trigger a payment unless the neurological damage persists for more than 30 days. Other restrictions may include a specific number of days for which the ...