Elderly With Advanced Colon Cancer Often Get Costly, Dubious Treatments: Study
2016-03-10
Drugs come with many side effects, may add only one month to survival, researchers addContinue Reading
The High Price of Untreated Insomnia
2016-03-10
Not getting medications, therapies for condition costs about $100 billion a year, researchers reportContinue Reading
Brain Bleed Risk From Warfarin May Be Higher Than Thought
2016-03-09
Study of veterans with irregular heartbeat found one-third suffered such incidents while on the drugContinue Reading
Sharapova Not the First to Use Performance-Enhancing Drug
2016-03-09
Study shows many elite athletes took meldonium before January banContinue Reading
With Early Breast Cancer, Targeted Radiation Shows Promise
2016-03-09
Study finds limited radiotherapy effective after low-risk tumors are removed, but questions remainContinue Reading
Most Teens Who Abuse ADHD Meds Get Them From Others
2016-03-08
Study finds 54 percent of kids surveyed use medications for non-medicinal purposesContinue Reading
Pot Smokers May Face 5 Times Greater Risk of Alcohol Abuse
2016-03-08
Marijuana users also less likely to quit drinking, researchers say
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Safe Treatments Available for Expectant Moms’ Skin Conditions
2016-03-04
But dermatologist recommends using only the mildest effective onesContinue Reading
CDC Says Hospitals Making Progress Against ‘Superbugs’
2016-03-03
But hundreds of thousands are still infected each year, experts reportContinue Reading
Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer May Carry Certain Risks
2016-03-03
Chances of secondary cancers increased, but study authors stressed the overall risk was lowContinue Reading
Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Linked to Reduced Risk of Certain Cancers
2016-03-03
The effect was seen most strongly with colon, gastrointestinal tumors, researchers reportContinue Reading
ADHD Meds Tied to Lower Bone Density in Kids
2016-03-03
One-quarter of children in study had lower-than-normal readings, but reasons aren’t clearContinue Reading