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| FDA approves first drug for form of thyroid cancer Los Angeles Times The drug, vandetanib, helped stall the disease's progression for an average of six months, the Food and Drug Administration says. By Andrew Zajac, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Federal regulators Wednesday approved the first drug treatment for a rare ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Eating freeze-dried strawberries may help prevent esophageal cancer Xinhua LOS ANGELES, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Freeze-dried strawberries may play a role in the prevention of esophageal cancer, a new study suggests. "Strawberries may be an alternative or work together with other chemopreventive drugs for the prevention of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Birth Rates Drop But Still Too High In Southern Tier WETM-TV Elmira, NY - Teen birth rates in the US fell to a record low in 2009 -- but in the Twin Tiers, there's still room for improvement. According to new statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there's been a 37% drop in teen births ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Premature births may be reduced with hormone gel Los Angeles Times By Marissa Cevallos, HealthKey A simple, safe, relatively inexpensive hormone treatment might help some high-risk pregnant women carry their babies longer, a new study suggests, while improving the outlook for their infants. Such a treatment has been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pa. Nobel winner Baruch Blumberg dies in Calif. Wall Street Journal AP PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia researcher who shared the 1976 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his discovery of the hepatitis B virus has died in California. Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg was 85. Son George Blumberg said Wednesday his father ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Genetic variants associated with caffeine intake identified Xinhua WASHINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- US researchers have discovered two genes in which variation affects intake of caffeine, the most widely consumed stimulant in the world, according to a report described Wednesday in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Risks of Estrogen Hormone Therapy Seen to Fade After Treatment Ends BusinessWeek By Serena Gordon TUESDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- In the latest analysis from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study, researchers report that risks to postmenopausal women who were taking estrogen-only hormone therapy faded rapidly after they ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New Type Of Polymers Seek Out And Destroy MRSA Superbug And Leave Healthy ... Medical News Today New types of polymers are able to seek out and destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in what scientists from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology describe as a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Teenage drug and alcohol abuse skyrockets CBS News By Ben Tracy A new survey reveals that substance abuse among young people is increasing, including alcohol, marijuana and ecstasy. Ben Tracy reports. LOS ANGELES - At a June 2010 music rave in Los Angeles, thousands of teenagers were drunk and high, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Soy Foods OK After Breast Cancer: Study BusinessWeek By Kathleen Doheny TUESDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Some breast cancer survivors fear that eating foods containing soy will increase the risk of a cancer recurrence, but new research suggests that those worries appear to be unfounded. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Optimer shares fall on drug labeling concerns Reuters By Shravya Jain and Esha Dey WASHINGTON/BANGALORE, April 6 (Reuters) - Shares of Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc (OPTR.O) fell as much as 7 percent on Wednesday on concerns that an additional benefit shown by the drugmaker's experimental antibiotic might ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Feds seize $6 million in products from wipe-maker msnbc.com By JoNel Aleccia Health writer Federal officials on Wednesday seized more than $6 million in medical supplies distributed by a Wisconsin firm whose potentially contaminated drug products are blamed for serious infections and death. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Teenage weight is tied to heart disease in adulthood Washington Post By Rob Stein, Wednesday, April 6, 5:00 PM Teenagers who are overweight — or even just at the high end of normal weight — are at increased risk for developing heart disease when they become adults, even if they don't grow up to be overweight, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Reduce Pain With Mindfulness Meditation FitSugar.com by FitSugar According to researcher Fadel Zeidan, PhD, who is a postdoctoral fellow at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and also worked on the study, meditation may be useful for the management of postoperative pain since it distracts the mind ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Patients on Higher Doses of Prescription Painkillers More Apt to Overdose BusinessWeek TUESDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who are prescribed higher doses of opioid painkiller drugs (such as Oxycontin or Vicodin) are at increased risk of death from overdose than those given lower doses, a new study finds. In fact, the study, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| National Start! Walking Day today KVOA Tucson News TUCSON - It's time to ditch the desk and put yourself in motion - The American Heart Association is calling on Tucson residents to walk for 30 minutes today for National Start! Walking Day. "The American Heart Association is committed to getting people ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Brain scans may predict Alzheimer's in some msnbc.com By Rachael Rettner Brain scans may help identify which individuals with a mild decline in their mental abilities will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. If all that running is killing your joints, for the ultimate ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| On the Brain: Inside autism CNN (blog) Welcome to the autism edition of "On the Brain." April is Autism Awareness Month, so naturally there's been a lot of recent discussion of this mysterious developmental disorder. New research in Pediatrics this week showed that most medications don't ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Implantable Device May Lower Tough-to-Treat Hypertension BusinessWeek TUESDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- For people with hard-to-control blood pressure, a new implantable device shows promise, researchers report. The device, surgically placed just below the collarbone, sends a four- to six-volt electrical jolt to the ... See all stories on this topic » |
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