Tag: study
AcelRX drug device meets main goal of late-stage study; shares jump
by on May.21, 2013, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – AcelRX Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental drug device to treat post-operative pain met the main goal of controlling pain in a late-stage study among patients who had undergone knee or hip replacement surgery. Shares of the compa…
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Health concerns top list of retirement worries in U.S.: study
by on May.06, 2013, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – Health problems and the cost of healthcare are the biggest concerns for those entering retirement, according to a study released on Monday from Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch. The findings, part of a larger study focused on h…
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Latin America threatened by mounting cancer epidemic: study
by on Apr.28, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Asher Levine SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Latin America's growing prosperity is fueling a cancer epidemic that threatens to overwhelm the region unless governments take urgent preventive action, a study published on Friday warned. A multinational …
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Supplements don’t help with prostate cancer: study
by on Apr.27, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite dietary supplements being popular among prostate cancer patients, a new review of past research says they are not effective treatments for the disease. Pulling together data from eight random…
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Supplements don’t help with prostate cancer: study
by on Apr.27, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite dietary supplements being popular among prostate cancer patients, a new review of past research says they are not effective treatments for the disease. Pulling together data from eight random…
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EPA blamed for delays in asbestos study in Montana
by on Apr.18, 2013, under Health and Fitness
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Internal investigators faulted the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for years of delays in completing health studies needed to guide the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of people have died from asb…
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AstraZeneca arthritis pill performs poorly in new study
by on Apr.05, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca's experimental rheumatoid arthritis pill fostamatinib met only one of two goals in a late-stage clinical trial, leaving the future of one of the group's few advanced pipeline products uncerta…
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Obama launches research initiative to study human brain
by on Apr.02, 2013, under Health and Fitness
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House unveiled details on Tuesday of a new initiative to study the human brain with the goal of creating effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease and other disorders. Called the Brain Research…
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Study: Therapy as good as surgery for knee repair
by on Mar.19, 2013, under Health and Fitness
You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare these treatments concludes.
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UK study: Violence more likely among vets, troops
by on Mar.16, 2013, under Health and Fitness
LONDON (AP) — Young men who have served in the British military are about three times more likely than civilians to have committed a violent offense, researchers reported Friday in a study that explores the roots of such behavior.
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