Dr. Barry Dworkin » Cancer/Oncology http://www.drbarrydworkin.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:28:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2004-2010 bpr@brigittepellerinrobson.com (Sunday House Call) bpr@brigittepellerinrobson.com (Sunday House Call) posts 1440 http://www.drbarrydworkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/BarryLogo1.jpg Dr. Barry Dworkin » Cancer/Oncology http://www.drbarrydworkin.com 144 144 Sunday House Call is a live two-hour evidenced-based medicine and science show that airs at 3 PM Eastern originating from the studios of 580 CFRA radio in Ottawa, Canada. Its stated aim is to provide the opportunity for our guests to discuss their idea... Sunday House Call is a live two-hour evidenced-based medicine and science show that airs at 3 PM Eastern originating from the studios of 580 CFRA radio in Ottawa, Canada. Its stated aim is to provide the opportunity for our guests to discuss their ideas and the basic science that led to their latest research without the need to encapsulate their life\\\'s work into a 30 second soundbite and to provide information to our listeners that is credible, unbiased and backed by evidence, not anecdote. Dr. Barry Dworkin, Sunday House Call, 580 CFRA, health, evidence-based medicine Sunday House Call Sunday House Call bpr@brigittepellerinrobson.com no no Results of preventive breast and ovarian cancer surgeries for BRCA gene carriers published http://www.drbarrydworkin.com/2010/09/01/results-of-preventive-breast-and-ovarian-cancer-surgeries-for-brca-gene-carriers-published/ http://www.drbarrydworkin.com/2010/09/01/results-of-preventive-breast-and-ovarian-cancer-surgeries-for-brca-gene-carriers-published/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:13:25 +0000 Dr. Barry Dworkin http://www.drbarrydworkin.com/?p=3585 Preventive cancer surgeries save women's lives: study Reference: Association of Risk-Reducing Surgery in BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutation Carriers With Cancer Risk and Mortality Related articles:
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 1 , 2010

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Preventive cancer surgeries save women’s lives: study

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Association of Risk-Reducing Surgery in BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutation Carriers With Cancer Risk and Mortality

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 16, 2010

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Some blood pressure drugs may increase cancer risk, study suggests

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Blood pressure pills ‘cancer link’

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  3. Chronic obstructive lung disease remains a significant health issue
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 8, 2010

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Lung Cancer in Women on the Rise

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  3. The genetic sequence of cancer
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 3, 2010

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New Tests for Prostate Cancer Might Bring More Certainty

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  3. Genes research offers cancer treatment hope
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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 31, 2010

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Bristol-Myers Melanoma Drug Unleashes Immune System

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 21, 2010

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Yoga for Cancer Patients Provides Benefits of Sleep, Vitality

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Primary source: American Society of Clinical Oncology
Source reference:
Mustian KM, et al “YOCAS® yoga significantly improves sleep, fatigue and quality of life: A URCC CCOP randomized, controlled clinical trial among 410 cancer survivors” ASCO 2010; Abstract 9013.

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 17, 2010

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Link between cellphones, brain cancer ‘inconclusive’

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 13, 2010

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Cancer’s sweet tooth becomes a target

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Metabolic Modulation of Glioblastoma with Dichloroacetate

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 10, 2010

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Breast cancer gene clue discovery

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Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 3, 2010

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Researchers study possible links between chemotherapy and memory loss

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