Health

Tags:

Clinical trial analysis suggests drug combination may be highly effective in recurrent ovarian cancer

Significant improvement with the use of a combination drug therapy for recurrent ovarian cancer was reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago. This is the first ovarian cancer study to use a combination of drugs that could be taken orally. The drugs were tested in a phase I combination study followed by a randomized phase 2 trial sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Tags:

Calcium Supplements Don't Raise Women's Heart Risks, Study Says

But it's better to get this essential mineral from your diet, experts say.

pills_18145.jpg

Tags:

Steroids May Not Be Wise Choice for Intensive-Care Patients

Johns Hopkins research suggests the possibility of delirium.

seniors_40262.jpg

Tags:

Why Youngest, Oldest Marathoners Post Similar Times

Performance peaks in late 20s, slowing down 2 percent every year after: study.

marathon.jpg

Tags:

Drug May Lower Odds of Early Menopause in Breast Cancer Patients

When added to chemotherapy, it also boosted survival rates, researchers report.

breast_cancer5.jpg

Tags:

CDC awards $19.5 million to Prevention Research Centers nationwide

Awardees to conduct innovative public health prevention research to reduce health disparities

p0530-research-centers_0.jpg

Tags:

Scientists See Environmental Changes to Genes in Kids With Autism

Double whammy of mutated genes and environmental genetic changes may make disorder more severe.

autism06173.jpg

Tags:

Heart Risks Depend on Which Blood Pressure Number Is High: Study

Researchers also discovered lifetime heart risks were greater even with medications to treat the condition.

bloodpressure_59095.jpg

Tags:

Measles cases in the United States reach 20-year high

CDC urges vaccination as summer travel season approaches

p0529-measles_0_0.jpg

Tags:

U.S. Teens' Cardiorespiratory Fitness Has Dropped in Last Decade: Report

Overweight kids have worse fitness levels than those of normal weight.

child_obesity782_1.jpg