Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the Caribbean. Not only does cervical cancer disproportionately affects poorer women, but it affects women during their most productive years. It is estimated that 60% of cancer deaths in the Caribbean in 2008 occurred in women under 65 years of age. And if present trends continue, cervical cancer deaths are projected to … [Read more...]
Russian researchers develop new lung cancer detection software
Russian scientists have invented a new software program using supercomputers that can identify lung cancer nodules from CT images significantly reducing the diagnosis of the disease to within a few seconds. … [Read more...]
How Telemedicine Can Revolutionize The Healthcare Market
Telemedicine is breaking barriers in the field by effectively providing cheaper and easily accessible healthcare to everyone; from people in disenfranchised communities all over the world to those who live in remote locations, and individuals who are weak or in fragile condition. … [Read more...]
Cervical cancer is 3rd most common cancer among women in Latin America and the Caribbean
In commemoration of World Cancer Day, on February 4, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is striving to accelerate prevention and control efforts to create a future without cervical cancer, which is the third most common cancer among women in Latin America and the Caribbean, but one that can be prevented. … [Read more...]
Physician-patient Relationship In Telemedicine
Telemedicine should be the modality used when considered to be in the best interest of the patient, for example when it can advance the possibility of treatment otherwise inaccessible, or where contact or physical presence in a clinical setting is not possible due to various constraints brought on by, geography or accessibility, illness or incapacitation, or being part of the medically underserved … [Read more...]
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