Posts Tagged ‘Healthday’

Patients Often Not Told About Abnormal Test Results

22nd June 2009 by admin 1 Comment

People who visit their primary care physician for routine blood tests or screenings are often not informed of the results, a new study finds.
The failure of doctors and medical facilities to follow-up and give people test results is “relatively common,” the researchers wrote, even when the results are abnormal and potentially troublesome, and affects [...]

Lab Study Finds Protein That May Inhibit Cancer Spread

22nd June 2009 by admin No Comments

A protein produced by certain kinds of tumors inhibits the spread of cancer and could potentially be harnessed as a cancer treatment, researchers say.
Currently, there is no approved therapy for inhibiting or treating metastasis — the migration of cancer cells from the original cancer site to other parts of the body. Metastasis is one of [...]