WEDNESDAY, March 30 — Adding the new drug boceprevir to the current two-drug treatment for hepatitis C appears significantly more effective than the standard therapy, according to two new studies.
The drugs now used to treat hepatitis C, a chronic…
WEDNESDAY, March 30 — A combination of diet and exercise can help obese seniors lose weight and stay fit much better than either diet or exercise alone, researchers reported Wednesday.
The finding may sound obvious, but the lead author of the new…
WEDNESDAY, March 30 — Levels of nicotine in the hair of infants who sleep in the same room with parents who smoke are three times higher than in babies who sleep in another room, a new study finds.
The nicotine is from cigarette smoke particles…
WEDNESDAY, March 30 — High-quality nursing homes get sued almost as often as low-quality nursing homes, a new study shows.
Researchers say the finding illustrates that litigation, or the threat of litigation, doesn’t lead to improvements in patient…
WEDNESDAY, March 30 — Liver transplant patients who quit smoking are less likely to develop smoking-related cancers, a new study suggests.
Spanish researchers reviewed data from hundreds of patients who had their first liver transplant between…
WEDNESDAY, March 30 — An expert panel convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is meeting Wednesday and Thursday to see if there’s a link between commonly used food dyes and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and if so,…
WEDNESDAY, March 30 — Adults who experienced psychological problems during childhood tend to earn less money and are less likely to establish long-lasting relationships, a new study indicates.
Researchers analyzed data from 17,634 people in…
WEDNESDAY, March 30 — Nearly two-thirds of U.S. residents have sufficient levels of vitamin D levels, but about a fourth of the population is at risk for vitamin D inadequacy and 8 percent are at risk for vitamin D deficiency, a new federal…
WEDNESDAY, March 30 — When it comes to taking advantage of Internet-based medical information in the form of physician-provided online “personal health records,” some American patients are more plugged in than others, new research…
WEDNESDAY, March 30 — Longer periods of pregnancy and breast-feeding in mammals are associated with larger brain growth in offspring, which explains why human babies remain dependent on their mother for so long, say researchers.
They also said the…