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| | In Texas, prostate cancer patients had to travel longer distances to use physician-affiliated center | TUESDAY, Aug. 21 The practice of referring a cancer patient to a radiation clinic with links to the referring doctor can be difficult for patients, a new study finds. The study focused on urologists in Texas. It found that the practice caused some men with prostate ... » Read the full article |
| | But experts say coronary artery calcium scans, best at predicting disease, have drawbacks | TUESDAY, Aug. 21 Doctors are always looking for better ways to predict who will have a heart attack, especially in people who have an intermediate risk of heart disease. Now, studies have compared some available tests and found just one that was significantly better than the o... » Read the full article |
| | Findings contradict previous reports on possible connection | TUESDAY, Aug. 21 Statins don't raise the risk of pancreatitis, a painful and potentially life-threatening inflammation, a new review finds. Putting to rest concerns raised by previous research, this new study finds cholesterol-lowering drugs such as Lipitor (atorvas... » Read the full article |
| | One releasing biolimus showed better outcomes than bare metal stents | TUESDAY, Aug. 21 A newer generation, drug-releasing stent led to fewer adverse cardiac events, such as heart-related death or heart attack linked to the same artery, than bare metal stents did among heart attack patients, a new study shows. Stents are tiny mesh tube... » Read the full article |
| | Symptoms can be subtler than in men, experts say | TUESDAY, Aug. 21 When Rosie O'Donnell discovered she had suffered a heart attack, the TV personality was as surprised as anyone else because her symptoms weren't what she associated with a major coronary event. Instead of crushing pain, often likened to an elephant ... » Read the full article |
| | Research with children ages 8 to 10 says TV ads play big part in 'spoiling' those who aren't content | TUESDAY, Aug. 21 Unhappy kids are more likely to become materialistic than children who are happy with their lives, a new study from the Netherlands suggests. And TV advertising is an important instigator, the study found. "Children who were less satisfied ... » Read the full article |
| | Affordable healthy foods, public smoking bans among the methods shown to work | TUESDAY, Aug. 21 A review of more than 1,000 scientific studies has come up with more than 40 proven strategies for improving public health. Among the tactics backed up by evidence that were included in an American Heart Association statement: policies that make hea... » Read the full article |
| | Leading ob/gyn group in United States calls Rep. Akin's remarks 'inaccurate, offensive' | TUESDAY, Aug. 21 Health experts are strongly refuting the assertion by a Republican Congressman that pregnancy is much more unlikely if a woman is raped. "That is absolutely false," said Dr. George Attia, director of the division of reproductive endocrinology and inf... » Read the full article |
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