FRIDAY, Aug. 31 — Breast milk promotes colonies of healthy bacteria in a newborn’s intestinal tract that aid nutrient absorption and immune system development, a new study shows.
Infant formula does not provide this benefit, which helps protect…
FRIDAY, Aug. 31 — Xtandi (enzalutamide) has been approved to treat men with prostate cancer that has spread despite treatment with standard therapies aimed at minimizing the effects of testosterone.
Testosterone stimulates prostate tumors to grow,…
FRIDAY, Aug. 31 — Xtandi (enzalutamide) has been approved to treat men with prostate cancer that has spread despite treatment with standard therapies aimed at minimizing the effects of testosterone.
Testosterone stimulates prostate tumors to grow,…
A recent report by Jude Children’s Research Hospital and published in Pediatric Radiology says that experts have developed a new method for teaching children to stay still while they are having an MRI done, which makes the scan safer. MRI scans on chil…
Read more →FRIDAY, Aug. 31 — People who don’t kick their smoking habit after having a stroke have a threefold increased risk of death within a year, a new study warns.
The investigators also found that the sooner stroke survivors start smoking again, the…
FRIDAY, Aug. 31 — People who don’t kick their smoking habit after having a stroke have a threefold increased risk of death within a year, a new study warns.
The investigators also found that the sooner stroke survivors start smoking again, the…
FRIDAY, Aug. 31 — U.S. soldiers are at greatest risk for injury in a Humvee crash during combat or if they are the driver or gunner, a new study finds.
The Humvee — highly mobile multipurpose wheeled vehicle — is a four-wheel drive light truck…
FRIDAY, Aug. 31 — U.S. soldiers are at greatest risk for injury in a Humvee crash during combat or if they are the driver or gunner, a new study finds.
The Humvee — highly mobile multipurpose wheeled vehicle — is a four-wheel drive light truck…
FRIDAY, Aug. 31 — A new drug designed to treat advanced prostate cancer that isn’t responding to other therapies received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval Friday.
The drug, to be sold as Xtandi (enzalutamide), received expedited approval…
FRIDAY, Aug. 31 — Long-term alcohol abuse affects men differently than women, according to a new study of recovering alcoholics that found white matter in women’s brains recovers faster than it does in men.
Over time, alcoholism results in the…