HEALTH NEWS HIV A Regime’s Tight Grip on AIDS Yudelsy García O’Connor, the first baby known to have been born with H.I.V. in Cuba, is not merely still alive. She is vibrant, funny and, at age 25, recently divorced but hoping to remarry and have children. Diabetes New Push to Treat the Other Diabetes There is currently no way to prevent or
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HEALTH NEWS Cancer Doctors not all on board with new prostate cancer recommendations Many doctors don’t expect new guidelines to affect how often they screen men for prostate cancer, results of a new survey suggest. HIV Health care debate: high stakes for those with HIV For many HIV-positive Americans, and those who advocate on their behalf, these are days of anxious
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HEALTH NEWS Cancer Wealthy pick colonoscopy over at-home cancer test Colonoscopy has become an increasingly popular method of screening for colon cancer while the rate of at-home stool testing has dropped off, according to a new study. Aspirin tied to lower lung cancer risk in women In a new study of more than 1,200 Asian women, those who took aspirin at
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HEALTH NEWS Cardiovascular Disease The Guide to Beating a Heart Attack Deaths from coronary heart disease in the U.S. have been cut by 75% during the past 40 years. Hospital admissions for heart attack among the elderly fell by nearly 25% in a five-year period during the last decade, a remarkable feat when many experts had expected the aging population to
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HEALTH NEWS Cancer Analysis: India cancer ruling opens door for cheaper drugs India’s move to strip German drugmaker Bayer of its exclusive rights to a cancer drug has set a precedent that could extend to other treatments, including modern HIV/AIDS drugs, in a major blow to global pharmaceutical firms, experts say. Neurological Disease Is an MS Drug the Next Treatment for
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HEALTH NEWS Cancer Setback reported in research into cancer treatment Scientists are reporting what could be very bad news for efforts to customize cancer treatment based on each person’s genes. More evidence links tanning beds to skin cancer: study Women who use tanning salons have a somewhat increased risk of skin cancer, according to a study that adds to evidence that
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HEALTH NEWS Cancer Va. Senate Kills Bill Repealing Vaccine Mandate Legislation repealing a requirement that girls receive a vaccine to prevent a sexually transmitted, cancer-causing virus was killed for this year when the Senate voted 22-17 Monday to send the bill back to committee and carry it over to 2013. Neurological Disease Biogen Wins FDA Approval for User-Friendly MS Drug
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HEALTH NEWS Cancer Study: Colonoscopy cuts colon cancer death risk Millions of people have endured a colonoscopy, believing the dreaded exam may help keep them from dying of colon cancer. For the first time, a major study offers clear evidence that it does. Vemurafenib Promising Against Deadly Melanoma When Richard Kaminski had an unusual mole removed from his cheek in 1998,
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HEALTH NEWS Cancer Ovarian cancer screening popular despite guidelines Despite expert guidelines and scientific evidence to the contrary, a third of U.S. primary care physicians believe ovarian cancer screening is effective and many would offer it to patients, according to a new survey. DogsGet Cancer Like People, and Hold Clues to Cures Researchers hoping to develop a promising new approach
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HEALTH NEWS Cancer Targeting Tumors May Help Stop Spread of Breast, Other Cancers Cancer that has spread from the site of an original tumor to other places in the body is often viewed as a death sentence. But if there are just a few of those secondary tumors, called metastases, some patients have a good chance of survival if treated with a
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