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Diabetes Drug's Dark SidePrescription Drugs

Diabetes Drug's Dark Side

Januvia and Byetta for type 2 diabetes associated with increased risk of pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis

September 22, 2011·3 min read
Lighting up Cancer Brightens Patient FuturesHealth News

Lighting up Cancer Brightens Patient Futures

Ovarian cancer surgery uses new fluorescent technology

September 22, 2011·1 min read
Fires Flare Up Asthma and COPD AttacksFeatures

Fires Flare Up Asthma and COPD Attacks

Summer heat leaves respiratory patients feeling the heat

September 21, 2011·3 min read
Answering Your Questions About Prostate CancerFeatures

Answering Your Questions About Prostate Cancer

dailyRx interviews prostate cancer expert

September 21, 2011·5 min read
Black Children Fare Worse With CancerHealth News

Black Children Fare Worse With Cancer

Neuroblastoma more aggressive and fatal in black children

September 21, 2011·1 min read
Acute Leukemia More Deadly in MinoritiesHealth News

Acute Leukemia More Deadly in Minorities

Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to die from ALL and AML than whites

September 21, 2011·2 min read
Shut Down Diabetes With Some Shut-EyeNatural

Shut Down Diabetes With Some Shut-Eye

Obese teens at increased risk of type 2 diabetes if they get insufficient sleep

September 21, 2011·2 min read
Second Cancers More Common in Black WomenHealth News

Second Cancers More Common in Black Women

Contralateral breast cancers more frequent in black women

September 21, 2011·1 min read
When Can I Enjoy Sex Again?Health News

When Can I Enjoy Sex Again?

Sexual function after prostate cancer treatment is possible

September 20, 2011·2 min read
Detecting Cancer With Implantable LightHealth News

Detecting Cancer With Implantable Light

Prostate cancers found with biocompatible LED light

September 20, 2011·1 min read
Increase in Statin Use After Stroke UrgedPrescription Drugs

Increase in Statin Use After Stroke Urged

Cholesterol lowering statins lower risk of recurrent stroke

September 20, 2011·2 min read
Listeria Found in Tainted CantaloupesNatural

Listeria Found in Tainted Cantaloupes

Listeria monocytogenes found in the cantaloupe samples matched one of the three different strains

September 20, 2011·2 min read
Heart Attack Delays Still ProblematicHealth News

Heart Attack Delays Still Problematic

Heart attack patients need to visit hospitals which perform angioplasty

September 20, 2011·2 min read
Is Prostate Cancer More Common in Black Men?Health News

Is Prostate Cancer More Common in Black Men?

DNA differences may account for prostate cancer disparities

September 20, 2011·1 min read
New Teeth in Oral Cancer ImagingClinical Trials

New Teeth in Oral Cancer Imaging

Sweep imaging with Fourier transform offers 3D assessment of jawbone

September 20, 2011·1 min read
Project Dulce: Made for Your CommunityHealth News

Project Dulce: Made for Your Community

Diabetes education program improves blood sugar and cholesterol in Mexican Americans

September 20, 2011·2 min read
Cholesterol-lowering Drugs May Treat Brain CancerPrescription Drugs

Cholesterol-lowering Drugs May Treat Brain Cancer

Glioblastoma may be treated with endothelial growth factor inhibitors

September 20, 2011·1 min read
Stents Help the Medicine Go DownPrescription Drugs

Stents Help the Medicine Go Down

Medicated stents may lower risk of heart attacks and blood vessel blockages

September 20, 2011·2 min read
"I Will Survive"Mental Health

"I Will Survive"

Breast cancer survivors worry about fatigue

September 20, 2011·1 min read
Different Personalities Are Not So DifferentMental Health

Different Personalities Are Not So Different

Schizophrenic and bipolar patients are fundamentally similar

September 20, 2011·2 min read
Optimism, Self-Esteem and a Feeling of Mastery?Mental Health

Optimism, Self-Esteem and a Feeling of Mastery?

Oxytocin receptor is the gene that responds to stress

September 19, 2011·2 min read
Hearing the Music Loud and ClearHealth News

Hearing the Music Loud and Clear

Musicians less likely to experience age-related decline in hearing

September 19, 2011·2 min read
New OCD Treatment on HorizonMental Health

New OCD Treatment on Horizon

Obsessive compulsive disorder treatment looks promising

September 19, 2011·1 min read
Telestroke on Tap for Rural LocalesHealth News

Telestroke on Tap for Rural Locales

Stroke care improved with telestroke technology

September 19, 2011·2 min read