Posts Tagged ‘Harvard Medical School’

Aspirin May Boost Breast Cancer Survival

17th February 2010 by admin No Comments

Risk of death, recurrence halved for those who took it, study finds
A new study of more than 4,000 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer shows that taking aspirin appears to significantly increase survival and reduce the risk of recurrence.
“Women who took aspirin were 50 percent less likely to die from breast cancer [during the [...]

Study: New Prostate Cancer Surgery Technique Is More Risky

16th October 2009 by admin No Comments

The risk of losing sexual function and urine control may be greater in men who have prostate cancer surgery designed to reduce blood loss and hospital stays than those having traditional operations, a Harvard researcher reported Tuesday.

The technique, in which surgeons make three or four small cuts in the abdomen, is used in [...]

Study Finds Weight-Loss Surgery Safer Than Thought

30th July 2009 by admin No Comments

For those considering bariatric surgery to combat significant obesity, a new study suggests the risk of complications may be much lower than what has previously been reported.
The study, which looked at both gastric bypass surgery and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (lap-band surgery), found that the risk of death for these surgeries was 0.3 percent and [...]