ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Prophylactic bilateral oophorectomy before women are 45 results in an increased risk of all-cause mortality, especially if they are not given replacement estrogen.

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Prophylactic bilateral oophorectomy before women are 45 results in an increased risk of all-cause mortality, especially if they are not given replacement estrogen.

CHICAGOn -- The risk of pancreatic cancer, already low, may be reduced by as much as 41% by consuming the U.S. recommended daily allowance of vitamin D (400 IU), according to an epidemiologic cohort study of more than 100,000 people.

CHICAGOn -- The risk of pancreatic cancer, already low, may be reduced by as much as 41% by consuming the U.S. recommended daily allowance of vitamin D (400 IU), according to an epidemiologic cohort study of more than 100,000 people.

BASEL, Switzerland -- An investigational oral drug for relapsing multiple sclerosis reduced the number of lesions seen on MRI and significantly prolonged the time to relapse, found researchers here.

BASEL, Switzerland -- An investigational oral drug for relapsing multiple sclerosis reduced the number of lesions seen on MRI and significantly prolonged the time to relapse, found researchers here.

MONTREAL -- Gender-specific nuclear cardiology norms for known or suspected cardiovascular disease can help assure that men don't receive treatment appropriate for women, and vice versa, according to a review reported here.

MONTREAL -- Gender-specific nuclear cardiology norms for known or suspected cardiovascular disease can help assure that men don't receive treatment appropriate for women, and vice versa, according to a review reported here.

CHICAGO -- A test that seems to be able to predict the metastatic potential of ocular melanomas could help clinicians and patients get a jump on prevention and treatment of the malignancy.

CHICAGO -- A test that seems to be able to predict the metastatic potential of ocular melanomas could help clinicians and patients get a jump on prevention and treatment of the malignancy.

MONTREAL -- Devices that fuse CT angiography (CTA) with perfusion imaging would provide a more complete clinical picture than either modality alone, said an investigator here.

MONTREAL -- Devices that fuse CT angiography (CTA) with perfusion imaging would provide a more complete clinical picture than either modality alone, said an investigator here.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The use of antibiotics has been substantially reduced for children with acute otitis media, with little effect on outcomes, by contingency prescriptions that recommend a delay in filling.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The use of antibiotics has been substantially reduced for children with acute otitis media, with little effect on outcomes, by contingency prescriptions that recommend a delay in filling.

MONTREAL -- New technologies for single positron emission computed tomography (SPECT) are providing myocardial perfusion studies that require half the acquisition time for images that are at least equal to standard technology.

MONTREAL -- Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is such a reliable indicator of cardiovascular disease that it should be the first imaging test performed in low- and high-risk patients, said an investigator at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology meeting here.

ATLANTA -- As the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic moved round the world in 2002-03, clinicians tried a range of interventions against the coronavirus. Now it seems that they may have been futile, at best.

BOSTON -- In matters of life and longevity, the United States is not one nation, indivisible, but eight nations divided by gender, race, income, and address, with huge differences in mortality rates.

ROCKFORD, Ill -- Women who might benefit from tamoxifen chemoprevention because of an increased risk of hereditary breast cancer can be identified by a five-item assessment at a mammography clinic, suggested researchers here.

MÖLNDAL, Sweden -- Amateur boxers risk becoming "punch drunk" just like professional fighters despite shorter fights and protective headgear, according to researchers here.