Breast Cancer

Few things are as terrifying as thinking you might have breast cancer, but thanks to advances in testing and treatment, breast cancer is less deadly than ever. The good news is that breast cancer rates are dropping, and treatment is less toxic and disfiguring than it once was. There's Good News About Treatment and Survival Breast cancer is often women's number one health worry. However, 80% of biopsies are benign. Find out more about your breast cancer risk, breast cancer symptoms, and what to expect from breast cancer screening and treatment. Study Finds Racial Differences in Choices for Breast Cancer Care THURSDAY, March 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to choosing a surgeon and hospital for breast cancer treatment, white patients are more likely to make their selection based on reputation than black and Hispanic patients are, a new study shows. The findings suggest that minority patients may be more dependent on doctor referrals and [...] Dietary Dioxins Don’t Seem to Increase Breast Cancer Risk: Study TUESDAY, March 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Consuming low levels of chemicals called dioxins in food doesn’t increase the risk of breast cancer, contends a new study that challenges a widely held belief about the effect of dioxins. Dioxins are a byproduct of industrial activity that have been linked to a number of types of cancer. [...] Study Questions Accuracy of Many Breast Cancer Biopsies By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, March 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) — As many as one of every four breast tissue biopsies tested for cancer may have been incorrectly diagnosed by pathologists taking part in a study to test their skills. The pathologists did well at identifying invasive breast cancer, but they struggled with spotting whether abnormal cells [...] Study Questions Accuracy of Many Breast Cancer Biopsies By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, March 17, 2015 (HealthDay News) — As many as one of every four breast tissue biopsies tested for cancer may have been incorrectly diagnosed by pathologists taking part in a study to test their skills. The pathologists did well at identifying invasive breast cancer, but they struggled with spotting whether abnormal cells [...] Transgender People Do Not Face Higher Breast Cancer Risk, Study Shows WEDNESDAY, March 11, 2015 (HealthDay News) — While some may worry about the long-term health effects of hormonal therapy on transgender people, a new study finds no higher risk of breast cancer in this group than in the general population. Reporting in the journal LGBT Health, the analysis of U.S. veterans’ medical records from 1998 [...]

How Ghana has reversed exodus of nurses

Ghana's government has scrapped a controversial ban on newly qualified nurses travelling to find more lucrative employment abroad. They introduced it 10 years ago when the West African country was suffering from a shortfall of nurses as many headed off for better opportunities in the West. It began a scheme funding the education of nurses who then had to agree to work for the next five years in Ghana. But now the government says it has enough nurses and it is no longer useful to keep them under bond. "There are now more private schools churning out nurses and some of them can't even find jobs," Dr Kwesi Abir, the health ministry's deputy director of human resources, told the BBC. Trainee nurses in Ghana with a dummy patient in bed Nurses who entered the training scheme had to commit to staying in Ghana for five years after qualifying "There is no point to continue to pay the tuition of nurses and also give allowances when hundreds are paying their own fees in private schools," he said. The policy reversal is unlikely to lead to an immediate exodus of nurses because although the bond scheme stopped taking new entrants last year, it takes four years to qualify as a nurse and those already in the scheme will have to finish their five-year service. If a nurse wants to jump the bond there is penalty of $650 (£422) to pay for each uncompleted year, something very few can afford to do. And the authorities will not issue certificates that will enable them to work abroad unless the fine is paid.

Cardio Workouts

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