Yorkie

So, farewell then Susannah York. On the day she passed away I was by remarkable coincidence showing Second Eldest Boy Tom Jones , Tony Richa...

BEVACIZUMAB INCREASES HEART FAILURE RISK

Less than a month after the US Food and Drug Administration announced it was revoking bevacizumab's indication for metastatic breast can...

COLONOSCOPY SCREENING IS EFFECTIVE

A new community-based study from Germany confirms that colonoscopy is an effective tool for preventing colorectal cancer (CRC), according to...

ESTROGEN ACCELERATES PROGRESSION OF HEAD-NECK CANCER

Estrogen might increase the movement of precancerous cells in the oral cavity, thereby promoting the progression of head and neck cancer, ac...

January

Post-holiday blues: Don’t let the flu get you down

Today's guest blog entry is by Carol J. Baker, MD, a professor of pediatrics, molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of M...

Tony Blair to appear before Iraq war inquiry

American bloggers were always hot for this story from the early days. Blogged under the general term, Downing Street Memo, they placed great...

McNuggets Is That What Makes Them Taste So Good?

I'm just like yer man, I'm grateful I've never had a chicken McNugget, but why spoil a good header. What's in Fast Food? Wh...

Does Dietary Saturated Fat Increase Blood Cholesterol? An Informal Review of Observational Studies

The diet-heart hypothesis states three things: Dietary saturated fat increases blood cholesterol Elevated blood cholesterol increases the ri...