BOSTON (Reuters) - Researchers in Italy said on Wednesday they have developed a test that identifies most people with autoimmune pancreatitis, which could ...
The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was ...
Britain's GlaxoSmithKline pulls application to sell enlarged prostate drug for blocking cancer British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Monday it is temporarily withdrawing its application for U.S. approval of a drug to prevent prostate cancer. The drug is already sold under the name ...
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Monday it is temporarily withdrawing its application for U.S. approval of a drug to prevent prostate cancer. The drug is already sold under the name Avodart, for treating symptoms of an enlarged prostate. The company was seeking ...
Seattle Genetics receives $12 million in expansion of partnership with Astellas Seattle Genetics Inc. said Monday it will receive $12 million as part of an expanded collaboration with Astellas unit Agensys Inc. Under the deal, Agensys will receive exclusive rights to technology ...
Lawmakers argue whether mammogram guidelines show what's wrong with health care overhaul Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay ...
Democratic congresswoman says mammograms won't be excluded in health care overhaul A Democratic lawmaker who has been treated for breast cancer says worries that the proposed health care overhaul would limit cancer screenings are overblown. The lawmaker, Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz ...
Former NIH chief advises women to ignore new mammogram guideline, says it will lead to deaths The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast ...
Graphic shows percentage of women 40 years and older having a mammogram by race and cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 population Copyright 2009 AP News
GOP: Recommendations for fewer women's health tests could mean rationed health care under bill Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday. They found deaths from one particular kind of leukemia, myeloid leukemia, increased the longer the workers were involved with embalming. Their study ...
Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer. ...
