Research on 445 families centered in two Pennsylvania towns and two West Virginia counties shows that 80 percent of adults suffer from more severe forms of periodontal disease, according to Richard Crout, D.M.D., Ph.D., an expert on gum disease and associate dean for research in the West Virginia University School of Dentistry.

Most long-term cervical cancer survivors report they have satisfying sex lives following surgical intervention, according to a recent study that challenges public perceptions of the role hormones play in sexual activity.

Lung cancer risk prediction models are enhanced by taking into account risk factors by race and by measuring DNA repair capacity, according to research teams led by epidemiologists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in two complementary papers appearing in the September issue of Cancer Prevention Research.

On September 8, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will host the U.S. Healthcare System in Crisis: Achieving Universal Coverage panel, the first of a yearlong series examining the state of the U.S. health care system and efforts to improve coverage.

A computerized reminder system used in community-based primary care doctors' offices increased colorectal cancer screening rates by an average of 9 percent, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Health System.

3T MRI is better at detecting and characterizing structural brain abnormalities in patients with focal epilepsy than 1.5T MRI, leading to a better diagnosis and safer treatment of patients, according to a study conducted at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR.

Stroke experts at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are the first to develop and use 13 quality measures - previously considered too complicated to apply by hospitals - for a national comprehensive stroke center model, as recommended by the Brain Attack Coalition (BAC) and appearing in the Sept. 5 issue of Critical Pathways in Cardiology.

Vulvar cancer is the fourth most common cancer of the female genital tract. There are several different types of vulvar cancer. The cause of vulvar cancer is unclear, but early detection is the key to survival.

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry September 2008 Table of Contents.

Free drug samples provided to physicians by pharmaceutical companies could actually be costing uninsured patients more in the long run, according to a study done by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues.

Scientists at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed a risk prediction assessment for lung cancer specifically for African Americans that suggests a greater risk from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a report published in the September issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

In this systematic review, 12 studies were identified that included data on men with HIV and prostate cancer.

An array of broken, missing, and overactive genes have been identified in a genetic survey of glioblastoma, the most common and deadly form of adult brain cancer, report scientists from Dana-Farber and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The large-scale combing of the brain cancer genome confirms the key roles of some previously known mutated genes and implicates a variety of other genetic changes.

The complete genetic blueprint for lethal pancreatic cancer and brain cancer was deciphered by a team at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

The cost of patient care in U.S. hospitals rose just under 1 percent between 2005 and 2006, much slower than the average 5.3 percent per year between 1997 and 2005. However, overall cost for stays in the hospital nearly doubled between 1997 and 2006.

Hospitalizations for osteoarthritis soared from about 322,000 in 1993 to 735,000 in 2006.

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today welcomed 11 more community collaborations to a growing national movement to build a health care system where consumers, providers and payers make decisions based on the value and quality of care.

While rare, 10,700 cases of childhood cancer will be diagnosed this year. Great strides in comprehensive care for such patients have been made, helping to keep the five-year survival rate for this group at 80 percent and trending upward. Experts can discuss unique programs that benefit this population.

In light of a recent breakthrough study in adult stem cell research published in Nature, a group of the world's leading researchers, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), cautions against discounting the potential benefits of all forms of stem cell research, adult and embryonic alike.

The Stand Up To Cancer campaign is opening the nation's eyes to the need and the benefit of cancer research dollars. Top cancer experts are embarking on groundbreaking research, which include a look at active surveillance therapy in prostate cancer and investigation of the mineral selenium in ovarian cancer.