12410 Articles Matching "study"
Lilly cancer drug fails key trial, will no longer be prescribed
Jan 19, 2019Eli Lilly and Co said on Friday that its cancer treatment Lartruvo, which had won conditional approval, failed to improve patient survival in a long-term confirmatory study and will no longer be prescribed, driving the drugmaker's shares down nearly 3 percent....
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Shorter waits for new patients at VA than in private sector, U.S. study finds
Jan 19, 2019(Reuters Health) - In many cases, veterans get a first appointment at VA hospitals quicker than the general public gets first appointments with health care providers, government researchers report....
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Opioid deaths linked to drug marketing to physicians, study
Jan 19, 2019New research shows a link between increased opioid marketing to physicians and higher opioid prescribing rates and elevated overdose deaths in the U.S. It's one of the first studies to make that...
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Doctors Are Confident That AI Won't Replace Them
Jan 19, 2019Despite numerous stories of the power of AI in healthcare and medicine, a new study suggests that doctors are confident that their work won't be automated. Is their confidence...
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Verily's research wearable lands FDA clearance for on-demand ECG
Jan 19, 2019The Verily Study Watch is a prescription-only wearable that can record, store, transfer and display single-channel ECG...
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AbbVie's Imbruvica fails to meet main goal in pancreatic cancer study
Jan 19, 2019AbbVie Inc said on Friday its blockbuster cancer treatment in combination with chemotherapy agents failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage study of patients with a form of pancreatic cancer....
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Youth Suicide Rates Up In States Where Gun Ownership Is High, 10-Year Study Finds
Jan 19, 2019The lowest rates are reported in states where the average household gun ownership was 20 percent. Rates are highest in states with 52.5 percent ownership. News on mental health comes out of Minnesota, Virginia, Iowa and Texas,...
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Are You a Risk-Taker? It Might Lie in Your Genes
Jan 19, 2019More than 100 genetic variants are linked with risk-taking, according to a groundbreaking new...
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1 in 4 Antibiotic Prescriptions Isn't Needed: Study
Jan 19, 2019Title: 1 in 4 Antibiotic Prescriptions Isn't Needed: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/17/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/17/2019 12:00:00...
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For heart failure patients in hospital, flu boosts risk of complications, death
Jan 19, 2019(Reuters Health) - When people with heart failure are hospitalized, having influenza is tied to greater odds of respiratory and kidney complications and a higher chance they won't survive to be discharged, a U.S. study suggests....
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Study: Marketing to Docs, Opioid Crisis Linked
Jan 19, 2019A county-by-county analysis showed that opioid use increased in places where drug makers focused their marketing efforts to physicians, researchers...
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Study links opioid epidemic to painkiller marketing
Jan 19, 2019(Reuters Health) - Researchers are reporting a link between doctor-targeted marketing of opioid products and the increase in U.S. deaths from overdoses....
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Is Type 1 Diabetes a Factor in Broken Bones?
Jan 19, 2019An A1C level above 8 percent was linked to a greater risk of a specific type of fracture in people with type 1 diabetes, but not in those with type 2, according to a new...
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Frailty a Risk Factor for Dementia
Jan 19, 2019A new study indicates that a 'frail brain' might be more susceptible to neurological problems like dementia, a new study has...
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Study: Movie Violence Doesn't Make Kids Violent
Jan 19, 2019Researchers found that as PG-13 movies became more violent between 1985 and 2015, overall rates of murder and violence actually...
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Gene-Linked Iron Disorder More Common Than Thought: Study
Jan 19, 2019Title: Gene-Linked Iron Disorder More Common Than Thought: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/16/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/17/2019 12:00:00...
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Study: Climate Change Already Hurting Human Health
Jan 18, 2019Some of the health effects tied to climate change are intuitive: More frequent, and more intense, heat waves raise the risk of heat-related illness, for example. Other health effects, though, are less...
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Two-Thirds of Poor U.S. Women Can't Afford Menstrual Pads, Tampons: Study
Jan 18, 2019Title: Two-Thirds of Poor U.S. Women Can't Afford Menstrual Pads, Tampons: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/16/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/16/2019 12:00:00...
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Can Drinking Oolong Tea Help Prevent Breast Cancer?
Jan 18, 2019
In a recent study published in the journal Anticancer Research, Saint Louis University scientists, together with a visiting scientist from Fujian Medical University in China, have discovered evidence that oolong tea can lead to DNA damage of breast cancer cells and inhibit the growth and progression......
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Mindfulness May Ease Menopausal Symptoms
Jan 18, 2019
Mindfulness may be associated with fewer menopausal symptoms for women, according to a Mayo Clinic study recently published in Climacteric: The Journal of the International Menopause Society. Researchers discovered that being mindful may be especially helpful for menopausal women struggling with irr......
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