Daily MedNews
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Salmonella Cases Prompt Alfalfa Sprout Recall in Northwest
On the heels of the huge nationwide salmonella outbreak that caused more than 1,400...
SATURDAY, Sept. 6 -- Women who receive an MRI after a new diagnosis of breast cancer not only delay the start of treatment, but they are also more likely to have a mastectomy, as opposed to breast-conserving surgery.
And despite clear evidence of a...
FRIDAY, Sept. 5 -- Suppose you're a healthy, physically fit, nonsmoking male. Your risk of heart attack is already low. Would having a drink or two of alcohol a day provide any additional protective benefit?
A study by Harvard University researchers...
FRIDAY, Sept. 5 -- Doctors who hand out drug companies' free samples to uninsured patients may actually be costing those patients more money over the long term, a new study finds.
That's because doctors tend to continue patients on the more...
FRIDAY, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has started listing on its Web site drugs being evaluated for potential safety issues, the agency said Friday.
"If a drug appears on a quarterly report, it means we have begun analysis to...
FRIDAY, Sept. 5 -- The drug sorafenib may help "re-sensitize" certain breast cancer tumors to anti-hormonal drugs, Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say.
Women with estrogen-receptor or progesterone-receptor positive (ER or PR...
THURSDAY, Sept. 4 -- The vast majority of American children are getting their recommended vaccinations, federal health officials said Thursday.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, immunization rates remain at or near...
THURSDAY, Sept. 4 -- Federal health authorities have asked the manufacturers of four widely used immunosuppressive drugs to bolster safety warnings on the risk of developing opportunistic fungal infections.
The drugs, Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel and...
THURSDAY, Sept. 4 -- Vaccine safety experts say that almost all kids who are allergic to vaccines can receive vaccinations with close monitoring and a set of standard precautions.
Reporting in the September issue of Pediatrics, a team of experts...
THURSDAY, Sept. 4 -- Hoping to dispel long-running concerns that autism is linked to the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR), researchers now say a new study shows the childhood vaccine does not raise that risk.
"We are certain that there's no link...
THURSDAY, Sept. 4 -- Cocaine and methamphetamine use among young adults in the United States fell significantly in 2007, while abuse of prescription drugs increased fairly dramatically, according to a new U.S. survey.
The 2007 National Survey on...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 -- Taking a cholesterol-lowering drug after a stroke or mini-stroke reduces an older person's risk of another stroke much as it does in younger patients, according to a U.S. study.
"Even though the majority of strokes and heart...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 -- An experimental gout drug called pegloticase lowered levels of uric acid in the blood to target levels within a few hours in most patients.
That's the conclusion of a study by researchers at Duke University Medical Center and...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 -- Freshman college students think the occasional use of prescription drugs for non-medicinal purposes poses a greater risk to their health than smoking pot or knocking back five drinks every weekend, a new study indicates.
But...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 -- Fever in young children can be reduced for a longer period of time by giving them ibuprofen first, followed by paracetamol (known as acetaminophen in the United States) plus ibuprofen, according to British researchers.
The...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 -- Taller men are at greater risk for prostate cancer and more likely to have cancer that progresses quickly, a new British study suggests.
The researchers doubt that height itself is the reason for the increased risk, but it may...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 -- A little-used cancer drug called bryostatin can repair brain tissue if it's administered within 24 hours after a stroke, according to U.S. researchers.
Current stroke treatments must be administered within three hours and...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 -- Hydrating kidney disease patients with sodium bicarbonate during coronary angiography is no more effective in reducing the risk of serious kidney disease than hydration with sodium chloride, researchers say.
Neuropathy is a...
TUESDAY, Sept. 2 -- Fluctuations in the actions of the serotonin transporter, which helps regulate the mood-altering neurotransmitter serotonin, may help explain seasonal affective disorder and related mood changes, researchers say.
In places where...
TUESDAY, Sept. 2 -- New research finds no definitive link between Vytorin and cancer risk, but it also suggests that the cholesterol-lowering drug cannot curb cardiovascular disease.
The results of a small study published recently suggested that...
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