A new study has suggested that doctors are using genetic testing to help some patients avoid chemotherapy. Researchers surveyed more than 1,500 women with early stage breast cancer. They found nearly two-thirds regarded the precision medicine test helpful when deciding if chemotherapy is necessary.
Researchers in North Carolina said measurable changes were found in the brains of young football players after just one season on the field, even among students who had not suffered concussions. Doctors said the new data indicates the need for further study on football’s impact on long-term health.
More Americans are having medical procedures outside the hospital operating room that require anesthesia, according to researchers in Dallas. They found more than one-third of Americans undergoing such procedures have them done outside the operating room– an increase of 27% in the past five years.
Sources
1- Cancer
2- Radiology
3- American Society of Anesthesiologists
