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Friday, October 17, 2008, has been designated National Mammography Day in the United States. Women are encouraged to use this day as a reminder to make an appointment to get a mammogram. Mammography, an x-ray examination of the breasts, is considered by experts at the "gold standard" in breast cancer detection. Mammography can help detect breast cancer years before a lump can be felt by physical touch.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new genetic test for determining whether patients with breast cancer are good candidates for treatment with the drug Herceptin. Herceptin has been shown to be effective in helping treat breast cancer but it only works in patients with certain types of breast cancers-called HER2/neu positive breast cancer. The new test, called the SPOT-Light HER2 CISH kit, may be more convenient than the two other FDA-approved tests, the fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC), because it can be performed with a standard microscope, which allows more medical facilities to perform the test. The new test can also allow laboratories to store a patient's tissue for future reference.

It is estimated that one in three older adults falls each year. Approximately 340,000 hip fractures occur each year, and 50% of all older adults who are hospitalized for hip fractures are not able to return home or live independently after a hip fracture. Risk factors for falls include increasing age, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, functional limitations, among others. This article discusses how falls and associated hip fractures can be prevented.