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THURSDAY, Dec. 4 -- A microbicidal vaginal gel called Carraguard doesn't protect women from HIV infection.
That's the conclusion of a study that included more than 6,200 sexually-active, HIV-negative women at three sites in South Africa.
The women...
THURSDAY, Dec. 4 -- Happy friends can make you happy -- and so can happy friends of your friends.
That's the unusual conclusion of a new study that suggests you and people you've never met can have an impact on each other's feelings.
"Our own...
THURSDAY, Dec. 4 -- A high dose of the chemotherapy drug daunorubicin prolonged survival for patients with previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia (AML), preliminary results of a study sponsored by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI)...
THURSDAY, Dec. 4 -- Worldwide deaths from measles plunged 74 percent between 2000 and 2007, according to a new report, and experts say the trend is clear evidence that an international campaign to increase measles vaccination rates is...
THURSDAY, Dec. 4 -- Reactions to the vaccine designed to protect against cervical cancer are rare, and young women can tolerate subsequent doses.
That's the assessment of Australian researchers who analyzed data after more than 380,000 doses of the...
-- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:
Colorectal Cancer
If you are 18 or older, are scheduled to receive an autologous or allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant within 60 days, have hematologic malignancy -- or are...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Bed Sore-Related Hospitalizations Up 80 Percent: Report
Between 1993 and 2006 there was an 80 percent increase in hospitalizations for pressure...
-- Chemotherapy can help treat cancer, but it can also have a host of side effects.
The American Cancer Society suggests that before you start chemotherapy, ask your doctor these questions:
How will I know if the chemotherapy is working, and how...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 -- A pill that contains two blood pressure drugs was more effective than a diuretic-based strategy in reducing the risk of serious cardiovascular problems and death in people with high blood pressure, according to a study that...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 -- A final report on the deadly contamination of the blood thinner heparin confirms that the problem was caused by a man-made chemical that was added to batches of the drug imported from China, U.S. investigators report.
The...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 -- Maintenance therapy using low-dose peginterferon doesn't help patients with advanced chronic hepatitis C who haven't responded to an initial round of treatment, new research suggests.
The study also showed a surprising health...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 -- Women taking the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant are at increased risk of delivering a child who develops autism.
The British findings, appearing in the Dec. 2 issue of Neurology, add to previous research showing that...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 -- SheKayla Love, 26, of Dallas, had the first cyst in her breast removed when she was just 14, the second when she was 19.
By the time she found the third lump, she was 25 and had watched her grandmother die of breast cancer...
TUESDAY, Dec. 2 -- A new study casts more doubt on the safety of the drug Trasylol (aprotinin), used to limit bleeding in patients undergoing surgery.
Trasylol is already the subject of controversy in the United States, where it was removed from...
TUESDAY, Dec. 2 -- Brand-name drugs used to treat cardiovascular disease are no better than generics, a new review of available evidence shows.
Yet a number of editorials in medical journals, written by specialists, have urged against substituting...
TUESDAY, Dec. 2 -- The experimental drug tasimelteon helps treat temporary insomnia caused by jet lag or night shifts, according to the results of two new clinical trials.
The phase II study included 39 people randomly assigned to receive either 10...
-- The flu vaccine is safe for most people, but some people could experience dangerous complications from the flu vaccine, including an allergic reaction.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the following people should not get...
MONDAY, Dec. 1 -- Antibiotics are the single largest class of drugs that cause idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI), researchers say.
The condition accounts for about 13 percent of cases of acute liver failure in the United States and is...
MONDAY, Dec. 1 -- Nobody said HIV would give up without a fight.
As World AIDS Day arrives Dec. 1, scientists are taking a sobering look back at what went wrong in recent, high-profile failures of two human trials of candidate AIDS vaccines.
The...
-- The annual flu shot is recommended for most people, but certain people are at particularly high risk of contracting the nasty bug and its complications.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says these people should be vaccinated...
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