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C-Section Births Cause Genetic Changes That May Increase Odds For Developing Diseases In Later Life
Swedish researchers have discovered that babies born by Caesarean section

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).
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Divisions Over Future Medicare Spending Surface In House
"A week-old agreement among House Democrats to smooth out disparities in the way Medicare reimburses rural and urban health providers is in danger of crumbling, as disputes erupted Friday over what actually was agreed to," The Wall Street Journal reports. "Some lawmakers from states with high health-care costs are also pressing House Democratic leaders for changes to the deal to ensure that their doctors and hospitals don"t see too big of a bite. ò€¦ Lawmakers from populous areas are questioning whether the deal on geographic disparities should be altered to allow more time for Medicare changes to take effect, since there is no longer the urgency of putting those changes into effect before the public option is rolled out. Another issue is for how long a period of time after changes go into effect urban hospitals should be "held harmless," meaning they won"t see their Medicare reimbursements cut" (Vaughan, 8/2).
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Outcomes Of Patients Undergoing Radical Cystoprostatectomy For Bladder Cancer With Prostatic Involvement On Final Pathology

UroToday.com - Urothelial carcinoma (UC) can invade the prostate in men with bladder cancer. In fact, it is found in 15%-48% of cystoprostatectomy specimens from patients with bladder cancer. Prostatic involvement of UC can occur via different routes (by growing transmurally through the bladder wall, or by pagetoid spread along the mucosal surface of the prostatic urethra) and can invade to various depths (superficial, ductal or stromal). We hypothesized that the different sites of origin and depths of invasion may confer different prognosis. Our study was a retrospective review of 463 consecutive male patients treated with radical cystoprostatectomy for UC of the bladder. We found that 162 (35%) of patients had UC of the prostate, of which 124 (76%) arose in the prostatic urethra and 38 (24%) arose in the bladder and grew through the bladder wall into the prostate. By depth of invasion, 74 (60%) were superficial, 29 (23%) were ductal and 21 (17%) were stromal. Patients with stromal depth invasion fared far worse that patients with more superficial UC of the prostate (pUroToday - the only urology website with original content written by global urology key opinion leaders actively engaged in clinical practice. To access the latest urology news releases from UroToday, go to: www.urotoday.com Copyright © 2009 - UroToday


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