Diesel fumes cause lung cancer, the World Health Organization declared Tuesday, and experts said they were more carcinogenic than secondhand cigarette smoke.The W.H.O. decision, the first to elevate diesel to the “known carcinogen” level, may eventually affect some American workers who are heavily e

นักวิจัย HITAP นำเสนอผลงานวิจัยในเวทีสัมมนา UNFPA-WHO Asia and Pacific Regional Consultation on Comprehensive Control and Prevention of Cervical Cancer เมื่อวันที่ 1 ตุลาคม 2553 นักวิจัย HITAP ได้รับเชิญเข้าร่วมการบรรยายภายใต้หัวข้อ Lessons Introd

Doctors often order tests and recommend drugs or procedures when they shouldn’t — sometimes even when they know they shouldn’t. The problem has become so serious that such groups as the American College of Physicians, the ABIM Foundation, the National Physicians Alliance and a coalition of medical s

The Private Hospital Association has demanded the reimbursement rate for emergency patients under three different state-run health schemes be increased.The association has sent the request to the National Health Security Office and Public Health Ministry, NHSO secretary-general Dr Winai Sawadiworn s

CHICAGO — Taking periodic breaks from a commonly used treatment for prostate cancer could shorten men’s lives, researchers reported here on SaturdayIn a large study, intermittent hormonal therapy proved to be less effective than continuous therapy for certain men with metastatic prostate cancer.The

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/business/geneticists-research-finds-his-own-diabetes.html?partner=rss&emc=rssHUMAN genome sequencing is already helping researchers find new treatments for illness. Now an unusual case study suggests that the benefits of sequencing may be enhanced in combination

Doctors were told last month that we should stop doing so many screenings for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test. We learned that sigmoidoscopy is a cheaper, easier and effective alternative to colonoscopy for colon cancer screening. And a study I led turned up strong evidence t

Premature birth may increase the risk for serious mental illness in adolescence and young adulthood, a recent study reports.Researchers reviewed birth and hospital admissions records of more than 1.3 million Swedes born from 1973 to 1985. They found that compared with those born at term, young adult

In the year after an expert panel’s recommendation that women delay regular breast cancer screenings until age 50, the number of women in their 40s undergoing mammograms slightly declined, a new study shows.The study, carried out by the Mayo Clinic, found a drop of roughly 6 percent in the number of

“จุรินทร์” ตั้งคณะทำงานแก้ปัญหาโรคมะเร็งเต้านมและมะเร็งปากมดลูก เพื่อลดการป่วยและเสียชีวิตของหญิงไทยขอขอบคุณข้อมูลจาก กระทรวงสาธารสุขวันนี้ (4 ตุลาคม 2553)ที่กระทรวงสาธารณสุข นายจุรินทร์ ลักษณวิศิษฏ์ รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ให้สัมภาษณ์ภายหลังประชุมผู้บริหาร เกี่ยวกับความคืบหน้าการดำเนินงานควบ