Power medicine in 2000: breakthrough treatments for a new millennium

Article Abstract:

Medical advancements in the care and or cure of seven common diseases is presented. They included ways to make the bone in the spine regenerate, a uterine balloon which stops excessive menstrual bleeding, computer-based sensors to detect breast cancer, and vaccines against Lyme disease.

Methods, Prevention, Lyme disease, Uterine bleeding, Uterine hemorrhage, Medical innovations, Bone regeneration, 1996 AD

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Sex, drugs, and...pain relief: let gender drive your Rx choice

Article Abstract:

A kappa-opioid painkiller perviously tested mainly on men, was found to be more effective when used with women than with men. Kappa-opioid painkillers are safer, having less of the side effects associated with the more frequently prescribed mu-opioids such as demerol and morphine.

Research, Opioids, Sex differences, Analgesics

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Too young for mammograms? Why women under 50 need to reconsider today's screening guidelines

Article Abstract:

Women should participate in annual mammography screening beginning at the age of 40, or even earlier in cases of high risk. A National Cancer Institute statement has led many women to falsely believe that such screening should begin at age 50.

Mammography

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