Breast Cancer
New systems are improving health care delivery for women concerned about breast cancer and breast related diseases. Join us for an overview of new developments including MRI as a diagnostic tool, genetic testing, new reconstruction procedures, and current and upcoming clinical trials related to breast disease. Series: “Women’s Health Today” [8/2006] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 11115]
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All About Breast Cancer Reviews
All About Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is no longer a killer. Learn what breast cancer is, how it is diagnosed, how to do a breast self exam and what happens during a mammogram. Topics covered are stages and survival rates of breast cancer, reducing your risk of breast cancer, genetic risks, environmental and lifestyle risks, diet and breast cancer, chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and reconstruction.
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Dr. Melanie Bone – You And Breat Self-Exam
Dr. Melanie Bone is a gynecologist, cancer survivor and mother of 4 children. After battling breast cancer a few years ago, she is focused on educating medical professionals and the general public on hereditary cancer risk and the importance of genetic testing for men and women. Dr. Bone is available to speak to groups interested in hearing more about genetic factors in assessing cancer risk. Her non-profit company was created to spread the message about cancer risk and preventative options. See: www.drmelaniebone.com
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Soory, this one is rubish. Aim To review the intelligence testing t4equniques used by yerks in 1915 in order to highlight the problematic nature of intelligence testing. Yerks used three tests -Army Alpha: Written test given to literate recruits -Army Beta: Men who were illiterate/failed the Alpha test were given a pictorial test -Individual oral exam: failures on the beta test recalled for a spoken exam Participants: Yerks tested 1.75 million army recruits during the first world war. Original findings Three ‘facts’ were used by Boring and Brigham to support the idea of genetic differences between the races: -average mental age of white US just above minority -13 -Possible to grade European immigrants by their country of origin -Average score of black men was 10.41 Gould’s findings Gould argues that faulty conclusions can be objectively measured: assigned military positions and tasks accordingly. IQ testing can predict future performance: Biased support for the argument that special educationonal measures were a waste of time and money Intelligence is inherited: Eugenics argument, EG selective breeding of highly intelligent humans Methodological problems Validity errors -Construct validity:lack of clear operational definition of intelligency -tests did not measure innate intelligence (native interectual ability) questions were often based on American general knowledge -Unstandardised procedures were followed. Eg many illiterate in English still given the alpha test …
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