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A recent study of 1000 men with milder forms prostate cancer has questioned the benefits of aggressive treatment (read surgery) in patients with milder stages of disease. The conclusion of the study is that surgical treatment (removal of the prostate) does not prevent cancer deaths in this low risk group. Despite the claims of this …
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial infection of childhood and adolesence, affecting children from 3 months to the teen years. It causes a severe cough and fever and can be very persistent and aggressive in the very young. In adults, it tends to cause milder infection with the hallmark of a persistent …