The finding is significant because currently there are no early detection tests for the disease. Author: Jennifer Austin Updated: 7:30 AM CST February 16, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Research by the University of Minnesota Medical School has discovered it is possible to detect ovarian cancer through a pap smear.
The finding, published in the journal Clinical Proteomics, is significant because currently there is no early detection test for the disease.
Ovarian cancer is predicted to kill about 13,770 women in the United States this year, according to the American Cancer Society, which estimates women have about a one in 108 chance of dying from the disease. If you could just do a pap test, which is routinely done, you might be able to catch these cases much sooner, said Dr. Amy Skubitz, a professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and director of the university s Ovarian Cancer Early Detection Pro
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Kimberly Diei, a pharmacy student at the University of Tennessee, is suing the university over its professionalism policies for medical students.
Kimberly Diei, a second-year doctoral student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center s College of Pharmacy, said she has a “mind for medicine” and decided to pursue pharmacy as a way to touch the lives of a range of patients.
Diei got her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences at the University of Chicago, which is considered one of the nation’s most academically rigorous colleges. She is a frequent participant in class, so much so that she said classmates have complained and approached her about limiting her speaking time.
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University of Minnesota Medical School researchers studied SARS-CoV-2 infections at individual cellular levels and made four major discoveries about the virus, including one that validates the effectiveness of remdesivir - an FDA-approved antiviral drug - as a form of treatment for severe COVID-19 disease.
There s a different kind of infidelity out there and it involves your money
By: Stephanie Stone, Scripps National Correspondent
Posted at 4:51 PM, Feb 10, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-10 19:51:54-05
This Valentine s Day, therapists are issuing a warning: watch your money and your accounts.
Wendy Barlin, a CPA and Chief Strategist for About Profit, says looks can be deceiving. People assume that it s easy for me, Barlin said. That s because I have a CPA license, so I must know how to manage my money.
Now, at the height of her professional career, Barlin admits it was a rocky road to get to where she now sits.