New Drug Lowers Cholesterol Beyond What Statins Can Do, Study Finds
2014-03-30
Whether it also prevents heart attacks and strokes isn’t known yet, experts say
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New Blood Pressure Guidelines May Take Millions of Americans Off Meds
2014-03-29
Study estimates impact of controversial changes that raised treatment thresholdContinue Reading
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Boost a Man’s Sex Life: Study
2014-03-29
But men shouldn’t take statins for that effect alone, researcher saysContinue Reading
Mice Study Sees Link Between Gut Bacteria, Immune Cell Production
2014-03-28
Role of antibiotics in reducing beneficial microbes also highlightedContinue Reading
Common Gout Drug Tied to Lower Risk of Early Death in Study
2014-03-28
Researchers followed British patients taking allopurinolContinue Reading
Experimental Drug Shows Promise for Drug-Resistant Lung Cancer
2014-03-26
Ceritinib might become standard when crizotinib fails, researchers say
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Hospital-Related Infections Hit Nearly 650,000 Patients in 2011: CDC
2014-03-26
Specific source of dangerous germs still unclear in about half of casesContinue Reading
Treatment May Prevent Esophagus Condition From Progressing to Cancer
2014-03-25
In study of patients with Barrett’s esophagus, those who received radio-frequency ablation fared betterContinue Reading
Treatment May Prevent Esophagus Condition From Progressing to Cancer
2014-03-25
In study of patients with Barrett’s esophagus, those who received radio-frequency ablation fared betterContinue Reading
Tiny Wireless Pacemaker Shows Early Promise
2014-03-24
But complications can occur, study found, and more research is neededContinue Reading