White House delays key element of health care law
President Barack Obama's health care law, hailed as his most significant legislative achievement, seems to be losing much of its sweep.
Jul 3, 2013
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Archive: 03/07/2013
Researcher warns banned 'fountain of youth drug' may be making a comeback
Despite it being more than 30 years since the "fountain of youth drug" Gerovital H3 was banned in the United States, it may be making a comeback. In an editorial published in this month's Journal of the American Geriatrics ...
Jul 3, 2013
EULAR issues updated rheumatoid arthritis management recommendations
The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) has released updated recommendations for the management of RA. According to this latest guidance, treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) should be initiated ...
Jul 3, 2013
Epigenetic changes to fat cells following exercise
Exercise, even in small doses, changes the expression of our innate DNA. New research from Lund University in Sweden has described for the first time what happens on an epigenetic level in fat cells when we undertake physical ...
Jul 3, 2013
Saudi records two new deaths from MERS
A Saudi man and a woman have died from the MERS virus, raising the death toll from the SARS-like infection in the kingdom to 36, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
Jul 3, 2013
Assisted reproduction for same-sex male couples and single men examined
Elsevier today announced the publication of a recent retrospective study in Reproductive BioMedicine Online to better understand treatment considerations and outcomes for same-sex male couples and single men when using assisted ...
Jul 3, 2013
Study confirms adding chemotherapy to surgery improves survival in advanced gastric cancer
For patients with advanced gastric cancer, treatment with chemotherapy after surgery can reduce the risk of cancer related death by 34% over five years compared to surgery alone, researchers said at the 15th ESMO World Congress ...
Jul 3, 2013
Hot flashes take heavier toll on women with HIV
Women with HIV are living longer, so more are entering menopause. As they do, they suffer more severe hot flashes than women without HIV, and their hot flashes take a heavier toll on their quality of life and daily functioning, ...
Jul 3, 2013
