Reuters: Health NewsVitamin D may lower breast cancer riskWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Breast cancer patients with lower levels of vitamin D were far more likely to die and far more likely to have their cancer spread than women with normal levels, Canadian researchers reported on Thursday. |
Juice may beat fruit for preventing heart diseaseNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Grapes, apples and their juices can prevent the development of atherosclerosis in hamsters eating a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet, French researchers have found. |
Listening to music found to lower blood pressureNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Listening to half an hour of music each day may significantly lower your blood pressure, according to research reported at the American Society of Hypertension meeting in New Orleans this week. |
Diet, exercise tied to cancer survivor well-beingNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just 5 percent of U.S. cancer survivors are meeting experts' recommendations on diet, physical activity and cigarette smoking, a new survey shows. |
Childhood anxiety may worsen anorexiaNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Anorexic women with a history of childhood anxiety may have particularly severe symptoms of the eating disorder, a study suggests. |
FDA urged to push hotline for side effectsROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - A free hotline for patients to report serious medical side effects should be mentioned in television commercials and also needs to be more widely promoted on pill bottles and pharmacy packaging, U.S. health experts said on Friday. |
Experimental Novartis drug slows kidney cancerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug from Swiss drugmaker Novartis slowed the progression of kidney cancer in patients whose tumors returned after initial chemotherapy, researchers reported on Friday. |
FDA warns of fetal risk of two transplant drugsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials issued an alert on Friday about the risk of first-trimester miscarriages and birth defects from Novartis AG and Roche Holding AG transplant drugs. |
Canada pulls plug on costly medical reactor planOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday it was scrapping a nuclear reactor project designed to produce medical radioisotopes, a move that means half the world's supply will be made by a 50-year-old reactor that was temporarily shut down for safety reasons last year. |
New scans prompt mastectomies for breast patientsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Breast cancer patients who get newer scans called magnetic resonance imaging are more likely to opt for mastectomies, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. |