Recommendations For Diabetes Patients Include Regular Exercise, Weight Training

Recommendations For Diabetes Patients Include Regular Exercise, Weight Training
To reduce their cardiovascular risk, people with type 2 diabetes should do at least two-and-a-half hours per week of moderate-intensity or one-and-a-half hours per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic exercises, plus some weight training, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

New Alternatives For Bone Imaging Could Be On The Horizon

On June 4, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is considering a pathway for coverage of Sodium Fluoride (NaF-18) for PET bone imaging as an alternative to Technetium-99m imaging. Currently, Tc-99m bone imaging is one of the more commonly performed procedures using this radioisotope. Continue reading ...

Linking Chromosomal Instability, Centrosome Defects In Cancer Cells

Linking Chromosomal Instability, Centrosome Defects In Cancer Cells

In a new study scientists disprove a century-old theory about why cancer cells often have too many or too few chromosomes, and show that the actual reason may hold the key to a novel approach to cancer therapy.

In a new study, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists disprove a century-old theory about why cancer cells often have too many or too few chromosomes, and show that the actual reason may hold the key to a novel approach to cancer therapy.

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute