Oncology & Cancer

Aspirin may decrease risk of aggressive form of ovarian cancer

New research shows that women who regularly use pain relief medications, particularly aspirin, have a decreased risk of serous ovarian cancer—an aggressive carcinoma affecting the surface of the ovary. The study published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Steroid-related meningitis cases now total 91, CDC says

(HealthDay)—The number of meningitis cases linked to apparently contaminated steroid injections has risen to 91 in nine states, and the number of deaths remains at seven, U.S. health officials reported Sunday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

7 dead in spreading US meningitis outbreak

At least seven people have died and 91 have fallen ill in the United States in a worsening meningitis outbreak tied to a contaminated drug, updated figures showed Sunday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US pharmacy linked to outbreak issues wide recall

(AP)—The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products, calling the move a precautionary measure.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US clinics rush to warn of tainted steroid; 5 dead

(AP)—Health providers scrambled to notify patients in nearly two dozen U.S. states that the steroid injections they received for back pain may have been contaminated with a deadly fungal meningitis. Five people have died.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US: Avoid drugs from company tied to meningitis (Update)

U.S. health officials ramped up warnings Thursday about a specialty pharmacy linked to a widening outbreak of a rare kind of meningitis, urging doctors and hospitals not to use any products from the company.

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