25 Breast Cancer Myths and Misunderstandings
1. Myth: Only women with a family history of breast cancer are at risk. Reality: Roughly 70 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no identifiable risk factors for the disease. But the family-history risks are these: If a first-degree relative (a parent, sibling, or child) has had or has breast cancer, your risk [...]
Warning of Tardive Dyskinesia Risk Strengthened for Metoclopramide
Drugs containing the antiemetic metoclopramide must carry a boxed warning about the risk of tardive dyskinesia, the FDA announced. Risk of the condition increases with long-term or high-dose use, and the existing labels already carry an un-boxed warning. It is recommended that treatment last no longer than three months, the agency said. “The chronic use [...]
New Study Links Cancer To Alcohol In Women
According to a recently released study, alcohol consumption may increase the risk of cancer for women, but some local women said that the findings will not change their lives. Researchers at the University of Oxford in Great Britain have released a study that suggests that even one glass of wine with dinner every night could [...]
Weak healthcare stocks drag market lower
Shares of HMOs and pharmaceutical firms are battered as Obama releases his budget. Healthcare stocks were hammered Thursday, leading the overall stock market lower, after President Obama’s budget proposals confirmed some investors’ worst fears about the administration’s plans to squeeze the industry. The sell-off undermined what had been one of the few pillars of support, [...]
Lowering BP in Dialysis Cases Cuts Heart Risks
Study says drugs could prevent 2 of 10 deaths expected in every 100 patients per year Blood pressure-lowering drugs should be routinely considered for dialysis patients, because it could protect them from major cardiovascular events and death, say researchers who reviewed the findings of eight clinical trials. Those studies assessed the effects of lowering blood [...]
