WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) — Studies of cancer drugs that are expected to find survival advantages of two months or less should be undertaken only if the treatment costs less than $20,000, two NIH researchers recommended.
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — At least one million people in the U.S. have been infected with the new H1N1 flu virus, according to preliminary findings from the CDC.
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) — Widespread prostate cancer screening substantially increases diagnoses without much evidence for a survival benefit, a review found.
PRINCETON, N.J. (MedPage Today) — Ischemic heart patients with depression and anxiety were more likely to suffer chest pain than patients without those psychosocial symptoms, a new study shows.
ADELPHI, Md. (MedPage Today) — An FDA advisory committee is considering taking steps to reduce the risk for liver damage in patients who take too much acetaminophen, one of the most widely-used drugs in the country.
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ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — Zanamivir (Relenza) should be the preferred treatment for patients with influenza-like illness, whether infection is caused by a seasonal virus or the pandemic H1N1 virus, an advisory committee to the CDC said.
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — At least one million people in the U.S. have been infected with the new H1N1 flu virus, according to preliminary findings from the CDC.
PRINCETON, N.J. (MedPage Today) — Ischemic heart patients with depression and anxiety were more likely to suffer chest pain than patients without those psychosocial symptoms, a new study shows.
PRINCETON, N.J. (MedPage Today) — Ischemic heart patients with depression and anxiety were more likely to suffer chest pain than patients without those psychosocial symptoms, a new study shows.