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Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, said in January 2009 that his dramatic weight loss was due to a hormone imbalance. Photo: REUTERS
Mr Jobs, who has previously battled pancreatic cancer in 2004, went on medical leave from the electronics giant in six months ago, to treat an undisclosed medical condition, thought to be a hormonal imbalance.
This story mostly shows by photographic record, the dramatic weight loss cancer can cause. We wish Steve Jobs the best of good fortune.
This Friday, June 27, is National HIV Testing Day.
Why does HIV testing need to be promoted? The answer may shock you - 1 million people in the United States are infected with HIV and 25% of them, approximately 250,000 people, have no idea they are HIV positive. People who don’t know they are HIV positive are at increased risk for infecting others. In addition, if they are unaware of their status they are not receiving lifesaving antiviral medications.
This article points out that it is better to know your HIV status, yet 1/4 of a million Americans have the virus and they do not know it. No wonder it spreads.
Daniel (above) said he believes his tumour's improvement comes from alternative treatments he's doing such as supplemental drinks and pills. -- PHOTO: AP
NEW ULM (Minnesota) - A 13-YEAR-OLD boy with cancer who fled Minnesota to avoid chemotherapy said he was angry about a judge's Tuesday ruling he must continue getting the treatment after court documents showed his tumour has shrunk significantly.
He is getting better, but he gives the credit to alternative treatments, not chemo. Meanwhile, some Americans would love to have his medical care.
A landmark study has successfully demonstrated a 29 percent reduction in heart failure or death in patients with heart disease who received an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy device with defibrillator (CRT-D) versus patients who received only an implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD-only).
As time goes by, we are learning the value of these devices, and it is this learning process we call progress. I will call this story good news.
A US company that was awarded a 35-million-dollar contract to develop an influenza vaccine using insect cell technology has produced a first batch against (A)H1N1 flu, company boss Dan Adams said.
This company was having financial troubles, then got a 35M dollar contract, read about the novel insect cell method of vaccine production. Very weird and wonderful science being used here.
Untreated appendicitis can be life-threatening
Now a team at the Children's Hospital Boston has pinpointed a protein in the urine which might be a tell tale sign of the condition.
The research features online in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
An easier way to detect appendicitis would represent a major breakthrough, reducing the risk of serious complications if it is missed, or of unnecessary surgery if it is wrongly diagnosed.
This story points out that young people are difficult to diagnose with appendicitis, and a simple urine test could save many lives. A urine test for everything.
Robert Gleeman, Medical Journalist for EMR Update.com Email: robert@emrupdate.com Tel: 1-650-968-6359 Skype and ooVoo user name: robertgleeman EMR progress is a matter of fact. EMR Update supports your right to know.