Items Tagged ‘childhood cancer’
September 28, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for September 28, 2018
Reuters, Antidepressants, psychotherapy may help ease irritable bowel syndrome by Lisa Rapaport — “One component of IBS is increased sensitivity to the functions of the bowels; simply summarized, this means either the nerves taking messages from the bowel to the brain are more sensitive or that the brain is more attentive or reacts in […]
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July 8, 2016
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Wall Street Journal Can Adults Grow Taller? By Heidi Mitchell […]
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February 15, 2012
Children Survive Cancer, But Face Stroke After Radiotherapy
Survivors of childhood cancer who were treated with cranial radiation therapy (CRT) are at high risk for future stroke beginning as early as their 20s, the results of 2 new studies suggest…James Meschia, MD, chairman of neurology at the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, commented to Medscape Medical News, “This is very important new information, because […]
Tags: childhood cancer, cranial radiation therapy, CRT, James Meschia, Medscape Medical News