Get moving: Cancer survivors urged to exercise

Cancer survivors, better work up a sweat. New guidelines are urging survivors to exercise more, even — hard as it may sound — those who haven’t yet finished their treatment. There’s growing... Read more

Cancer society stops urging docs to offer PSA test

New advice from the American Cancer Society puts a sharper focus on the risks of prostate cancer screening, emphasizing that annual testing can lead to unnecessary biopsies and treatments that do more... Read more

Johnson & Johnson issues massive recall of Tylenol

Johnson & Johnson issued a massive recall Friday of over-the-counter drugs including Tylenol, Motrin and St. Joseph’s aspirin because of a moldy smell that has made people sick. It was the second... Read more

Seat Belts, Bike Helmets Go Unused in Movies Aimed at Kids

Movies made for kids are getting better at portraying safety behaviors like wearing seatbelts and bike helmets, but they’re still missing the mark about half the time. That’s the conclusion... Read more

Flu Can Raise Chances of Heart Attack

People suffering from the flu may be at higher risk for having a heart attack, especially those with heart disease and diabetes, British researchers report. Because both seasonal and the pandemic H1N1... Read more

Oxford Bio’s failed cancer vaccine may help some

A therapeutic cancer vaccine from Oxford BioMedica that failed in a clinical study may still help a subset of patients, researchers said on Tuesday. Shares in the company plunged as much as 18 percent... Read more

Senate Finance starts work on sweeping health bill

Under pressure from fellow Democrats, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee decided to commit an additional $50 billion over a decade toward making insurance more affordable for working class families,... Read more

Sunitinib Benefit Explored in Poor-Prognosis Kidney Cancer

The oral cancer drug sunitinib (Sutent) has shown promising results in advanced kidney cancer patients who have a poor prognosis, new research says. Previous clinical trials showed that sunitinib was effective... Read more

Study: Diabetes drug lowers amputation risk

Doctors who gave diabetics a drug originally intended to lower patients’ cholesterol found it reduced their risk of so-called minor amputation by 36 percent, a new analysis of research says. Researchers... Read more

Urine Test Could Gauge Smokers’ Lung Cancer Risk

Someday, a simple urine test might spot smokers at highest risk for lung cancer, scientists report. The research is still in its preliminary stages, and it may be years before such a test becomes publicly... Read more

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