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New Virtual Office Hearing Aid Programming Software Puts An Online Audiologist In Your Personal Computer
Audiologists from America Hears, Inc. now make online house calls to hearing aid customers who install the latest version of the company"s Virtual Office hearing aid programming software on their personal computers at home. The leading online supplier of premium digital hearing instruments introduced a new version of its Virtual Office software with remote-control capabilities enabling America Hears professionals to provide technical support and training over the Internet on customers" personal computers at home.
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Medical Isotope Shortage Hurts Hospitals And Disrupts Medical Tests
Reuters reports that "a North American shortage of medical isotopes has forced many U.S. hospitals to begin rationing scores of diagnostic tests, and doctors said on Friday they see no quick solution." The shortage is due to last month"s shut down of a "nuclear reactor in eastern Ontario that produces a third of the world"s supply of medical isotopes, used in scans to check for an impending heart attack or see if cancer has spread." Reuters notes that "the Canadian plant is one of five aging reactors worldwide -- none located in the United States -- to produce molybdenum-99, the most commonly used medical isotope. The rapidly decaying substance has a shelf life of just 67 hours, making it impossible to stockpile."
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Hoyer Objects To Medicare Cost Control Plan
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said he disagrees with President Obama"s support of transferring Congress"s price-setting powers over Medicare to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), which now acts as an advisory panel, USA Today reports. In a letter to senators Wednesday, Obama floated support for the idea: "Under this approach, MedPAC"s recommendations on cost reductions would be adopted unless opposed by a joint resolution of the Congress."
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Lifelong Cancer Risk For Patients Treated For Childhood Cancer

Childhood cancer survivors have a persistent and high risk for a second primary cancer throughout their lives, according to a new study published in the May 26 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Previous studies established that second primary cancer risk after treatment in childhood is higher than that in the general population, but follow-up was restricted to a few decades and the incidence in long-term survivors was rarely investigated. This study presents data for incidence of second cancers among childhood cancer patients in the Nordic countries over a full age range, from birth to age 79. In the study, JÃñrgen H. Olsen, M.D., of the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues studied a cohort of 47,697 people who were diagnosed with cancer prior to the age of 20, from 1943 to 2005. Members of the cohort were followed for subsequent primary cancers listed in registries, and the age-specific risk pattern of the survivors was compared with that of the national populations using country and sex standardized incidence ratios (SIRs). The researchers found that the observed incidence rate of new primary cancers was higher than the expected rates, and the relative risk of second primary cancers was statistically significantly increased in all age groups. A total of 1,180 second primary cancers were observed in 1,088 persons, yielding a SIR of 3.3, with the brain as the most common site. They also found that the relative risk for second primary cancers in male survivors was statistically significantly higher than in female survivors. "This study quantified long-term temporal patterns of increased risk of cancer at specific sites in survivors of childhood cancer," the authors write. "The results may be useful in the screening and care of these individuals." Citation: Olsen et al. Lifelong Cancer Incidence in 47 697 Patients Treated for Childhood Cancer in the Nordic Countries. J Natl Cancer Inst 2009, 101: 806-813. Steve Graff Journal of the National Cancer Institute


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