There are significant discrepancies in black women’s recollection of having had health screenings — including tests for breast, cervical and colon cancer — and their medical records, according to a small study published in the journal Oncology Nursing Forum, Reuters Health reports.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday during a national conference condemned the practice of sex-selective abortions and called for stricter enforcement of laws that prohibit the practice, the New York Times reports. During his first speech on the subject, Singh highlighted the “alarming” gender imbalance in the country. In 1981, 962 girls were born for every 1,000 boys.

Methylnaltrexone, a drug developed to relieve one of the major side effects of pain therapy for cancer patients, received marketing approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration on April 24, 2008, for use in the treatment of opioid-induced bowel disorders in patients receiving palliative care for advanced illness such as cancer.

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) this week announced grant awards to 46 institutions through the SCAI Interventional Cardiology Fellows-in-Training Grant Program. The multi-year, multi-million dollar program, launched in late 2007, awards grants to medical centers to help pay the salary and benefits for physicians training in interventional cardiology.

Fears of redundancy and downgrading are continuing to plague the NHS as it heads for a £1.8 billion surplus, according to a survey of specialist and experienced nurses by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The survey of nearly 330 UK specialist and experienced nurses found a third said their organisation had a vacancy freeze in place and one in four have been at risk of redundancy in their current role, with 20 per cent still at risk.

New research claims that people with diabetes who take glitazones could be at increased risk of bone fractures. The study found that people taking one of the eight glitazones for 12 to 18 months were at almost double the risk of a fracture, particularly of the hip or wrist, and those taking one of the drugs for more than two years were almost three times the risk.

The lesson learned in eradicating dandelions from your yard could apply in treating breast cancer as well, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.”It’s not enough to kill the dandelion blossom and stalk that appear above ground,” said Dr.

Research organizations from around the world have announced they are launching the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), a collaboration designed to generate high-quality genomic data on up to 50 types of cancer through efforts projected to take up to a decade.The ICGC will make its data rapidly and freely available to the global research community. It invites research organizations in all nations to participate.

The cost of cancer care for elderly Medicare patients varies by tumor type, stage at diagnosis, phase of care, and survival, according to a new study published online April 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The 5-year cost is highest for patients with lung, colorectal, and prostate cancers. The estimated cost for 5 years of care for elderly Medicare patients diagnosed with cancer in 2004 is $21.1 billion.

A new study from the American Cancer Society finds cancer survivors who follow health behavior recommendations - avoiding tobacco, eating more fruits and vegetables, and getting adequate exercise - have higher health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scores than those who do not follow such recommendations.