The new shingles vaccine is much better than the old one – but it’s more painful as well. Canadian researchers analyzed 27 clinical studies involving two million patients age 50 or older and found that the new vaccine, Shingrix, was 85 percent more effective in reducing cases of shingles. The research was published by The… Continue reading A Tale of Two Vaccines
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Young Breast-Cancer Survivors and Lymph Node Surgery
Younger breast cancer patients who underwent axillary lymph node dissection were likelier to experience arm swelling and decreased range of arm motion than patients who received sentinel lymph node biopsies, according to data presented at the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 5-9. “Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in… Continue reading Young Breast-Cancer Survivors and Lymph Node Surgery