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Radiation And Chemotherapy After Surgery Improves Survival In Stomach Cancer
An estimated one in four Americans (18.9%) have high blood cholesterol (level of 240 mg/dl or above). This represents more than 40.6 million Americans who have high risk cholesterol levels. A Healthy People 2010 national goal for heart disease and stroke is to reduce the proportion of adults with high total blood cholesterol. more
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CDC Fact Sheet: State-Specific Trends In High Blood Cholesterol Awareness Among Persons Screened — United States, 1991-1999
An estimated one in four Americans (18.9%) have high blood cholesterol (level of 240 mg/dl or above). This represents more than 40.6 million Americans who have high risk cholesterol levels. A Healthy People 2010 national goal for heart disease and stroke is to reduce the proportion of adults with high total blood cholesterol. more
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Information For Patients: Stomach Cancer
Each year, about 24,000 people in the United States learn that they have cancer of the stomach. This National Cancer Institute (NCI) booklet will give your patients important information about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of stomach cancer. This booklet also has information to help caregivers. more
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American Medical Schools Offer Almost No Training About Adverse Drug Events
American medical students have reason to express concern regarding the amount of training they receive regarding adverse drug events. Research funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) revealed that only 16 percent of internal medicine clerkship programs include formal lectures about adverse drug events. The study appeared in the 05 September 2001 issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association." The results indicate that medical students in the United States have little exposure to information on adverse drug events in the curriculum used during their internal medicine rotation. more
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Folic Acid Use Does Not Increase The Risk For Miscarriage
Findings from a new study in China show that consumption of folic acid as a vitamin pill to reduce the risk of neural tube birth defects is safe, and does not increase a woman’s risk of having a miscarriage. The study published in the 8 September 2001 issue of The Lancet, was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Peking University Health Sciences Center, China. more
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