HealthDay – FRIDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) — With a growing array of
choices for breast cancer treatment, researchers are now trying to
pinpoint the best combination of therapies or the best order in which to
give cancer drugs to patients.
HealthDay – SATURDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) — With pressures from the
economic hard times, dysfunctional families and countless other factors,
the holidays can contribute to emotional stress and depression.
HealthDay – SATURDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that
certain breast cancer patients who take the drug Herceptin during
chemotherapy, instead of taking it afterward, fare better, leading one of
the study authors to say patients should routinely take the drug with
chemo.
HealthDay – THURSDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) — Adding chemotherapy to
standard cancer-suppressing tamoxifen can boost survival in postmenopausal
women with the most common type of breast cancer, known as estrogen
receptor-positive, and it’s best given before the tamoxifen regimen
starts, according to a new study.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Endometriosis occurs when tissue that should
only line the uterus (endometrium) grows somewhere else.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Binge eating disorder is characterized by
consuming an excessive amount of food at one time. But unlike people with
anorexia or bulimia, they don’t exercise or purge afterward, hence they
are often obese, the National Women’s Health Information Center says.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) — Compounds derived from two
spices — pepper and turmeric — could help prevent breast cancer by
limiting the growth of stem cells that promote tumor growth, a new study
shows.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) — Blood levels of LDL cholesterol,
the bad kind that blocks arteries, go up sharply in women at the time of
menopause, but there are no other dramatic changes in risk factors for
heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular problems, a new study has
found.
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) — Heart attack patients face a higher
risk of being admitted to the hospital for bleeding when they take more
blood-thinning drugs, such as warfarin and aspirin, a new study has
found.
HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay: