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Local Breast Surgeon And Radiation Oncologists Offer New Device That Tracks Radiation
A new sensor device allowing doctors to receive data on the precise amount of radiation being delivered to tumors and surrounding tissue is now being offered at Maury regional Medical Cancer Center. Maury Regional Medical Center is the first in Tennessee to use the technology called DVS® (Dose Verification System) for breast cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment.

New Studies Presented At European Society Of Anaesthesia Further Validate Masimo PVI(TM) For Noninvasive And Continuous Fluid Monitoring
Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low-Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced that three new independent studies demonstrating the clinical accuracy and utility of Masimo PVI as a noninvasive and continuous measure of patient fluid status and responsiveness were presented this week at the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) Annual Congress in Milan, Italy.
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Hormonal Therapies Offer Effective Solutions For Many Adult Women With Acne
Although acne traditionally has been considered a disease of teenagers, it is also extremely common in adult women. Studies show that acne affects more than 50 percent of women between the ages of 20-29 and more than 25 percent of women between the ages of 40-49 (1). In fact, after age 20, women are far more likely to report having acne than men. While there is no cure for acne, dermatologists are finding that hormonal therapies can help some women fight bothersome acne that occurs in adulthood.
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Increased Fighting Makes Humanitarian Work, Health Situation More Difficult In Somalia, U.N. Says

Despite increasing danger posed by "al Qaeda-linked militants," U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said Tuesday U.N. aid workers "were not backing away" from the country, Reuters reports. "Intense fighting is making it increasingly difficult to deliver aid in the Horn of Africa country, where U.N. agencies are trying to combat cholera outbreaks and maintain food supplies to 3.5 million hungry people," the news service writes (Nebehay, 7/21). Holmes" statements came one day after "Somalia"s hardline Shebab militia raided the offices of the U.N. Development Program, the U.N. Department of Safety and Security and the U.N. Political Office for Somalia in Baidoa and Wajid," forcing the agency to temporarily suspend its work in Baidoa, the AFP/Google.com reports. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the actions of the Somali militiamen while reaffirming the agency"s commitment to the people of Somalia (7/21). In addition to 400,000 people already crowded into shelters, "[a]n estimated 223,000 residents have now left Mogadishu since early May, when the Al-Shabaab and Hisb-ul-Islam militant groups launched attacks against Government forces in the capital," U.N. News Sevice/allAfrica.com reports. "There is a lack of adequate shelter, sanitation facilities and clean drinking water. The situation has grown worse following recent torrential rains. The lack of sufficient latrines poses a major health risk," U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman Ron Redmond said. The WHO is "especially concerned about deadly outbreaks of acute watery diarrhoea, which is on the rise again around Mogadishu after two years of decline," the news service writes. The region"s health centers are also overwhelmed, with "[t]wo of Mogadishu"s four functioning hospitals ò€¦ admitting only war-wounded patients and trauma patients for emergency surgery" and the closure of several health facilities in the Bakool region due to "insecurity and hostility towards aid workers" (7/21). Last week, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs appealed for donor help to deal with Somalia"s growing health crisis (Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, 7/17). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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