Archive: 10/08/2012
The Medical Minute: Debunking 'old wives' tales' about health
Theyve been repeated for decades, maybe even hundreds of years so long that even some physicians have ceased to question their accuracy. Lurking in magazines, childrens books, and on unsuspecting tongues, ...
Aug 10, 2012
Marqibo approved for rare leukemia
(HealthDay) -- Marqibo (vincristine sulfate liposome injection) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with a rare form of blood and bone marrow cancer, Philadelphia chromosome negative ...
Aug 10, 2012
Teens' chronic stress is linked to time in poverty
(Medical Xpress) -- Childhood adversity is linked to chronic stress in adolescence, setting the stage for a host of physical and mental health problems, finds a new Cornell study published online in July in Psychological ...
Aug 10, 2012
Spending more on trauma care doesn't translate to higher survival rates: study
A large-scale review of national patient records reveals that although survival rates are the same, the cost of treating trauma patients in the western United States is 33 percent higher than the bill for treating similarly ...
Aug 10, 2012