January 27, 2012 Doctor, doctor...email me the news This week’s Wall Street Journal has two physicians debating whether the doctor-patient relationship should be extended to email. While both of these doctors agree that email correspondence can’t substitute for an office exam, questions remain about whether this new channel of communication will create or quell confusion. [Read Full Text]   [Permalink]

January 27, 2012 Oral Cancer: Another target ripe for HPV vaccine Oropharyngeal cancer, which affects the throat, tongue, soft palate, and tonsils, has become increasingly common among men in the U.S. Because a distinct form of it is caused primarily by HPV (human papillomavirus), a recent study set out to determine the prevalence of oral HPV infection. attack. [Read Full Text]   [Permalink]

January 27, 2012 How can you mend a broken heart? Diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, smoking. These have long been recognized as major risk factors for cardiovascular disease.  Now, a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine starkly demonstrates just how significantly these factors increase a person’s risk of stroke or heart attack. [Read Full Text]   [Permalink]

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