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State-Of-The-Art Surgery

From Medical News Today
Medical Center Accreditated by the American College of Surgeons:
The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Carl J. Shapiro Simulation and Skills Center has been formally accredited as a Level 1 facility by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the first in Boston and New England - and one of only six inaugural certified [...]

Migraine in women is linked with cardiovascular disease

Via JAMA. 2006;296:283-291.
Migraine with aura is associated with increased risk of major cardiovascular disease (CVD), myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, and death due to ischemic CVD, coronary revascularization and angina. Active migraine without aura was not associated with increased risk of any CVD event.
This prospective cohort-type study enrolled 27,840 women aged 45 years or older who [...]

Cervical Cancer Vaccine (gardasil)

FDA approves the fist vaccine for cervical cancer, a week ago, the vaccine was aprooved in Mexico. With the name of Gardasil, and a cost of US$120.00/dose (2 doses to complete the treatment), I celebrate this effort against cancer.

Here in Mexico, cervical cancer is by far, the most common type of cancer (24.4%) in general [...]