Health & Drugs
Vitamin D may lower breast cancer risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Breast cancer patients with lower levels of vitamin D were far more likely to die and far more likely to have their cancer spread than women with normal levels, Canadian researchers reported on Thursday. Full Article
Juice may beat fruit for preventing heart disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Grapes, apples and their juices can prevent the development of atherosclerosis in hamsters eating a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet, French researchers have found. Full Article
Listening to music found to lower blood pressure
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Listening to half an hour of music each day may significantly lower your blood pressure, according to research reported at the American Society of Hypertension meeting in New Orleans this week. Full Article
FDA urged to push hotline for side effects
ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - A free hotline for patients to report serious medical side effects should be mentioned in television commercials and also needs to be more widely promoted on pill bottles and pharmacy packaging, U.S. health experts said on Friday. Full Article
New scans prompt mastectomies for breast patients
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Breast cancer patients who get newer scans called magnetic resonance imaging are more likely to opt for mastectomies, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Full Article
FDA warns of fetal risk with transplant drugs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials issued an alert on Friday about the risks of miscarriages and birth defects from Novartis AGand Roche Holding AG transplant drugs. Full Article
Canada pulls plug on costly medical reactor plan
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday it was scrapping a nuclear reactor project designed to produce medical radioisotopes, a move that means half the world's supply will be made by a 50-year-old reactor that was temporarily shut down for safety reasons last year. Full Article
Heart risks high in childhood cancer survivors
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children who survive cancer while they are young are five to 10 times more likely than their healthy siblings to develop heart disease, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. Full Article
Obesity seen contributing to global warming
GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too. Full Article
Bone drugs seen helping fight cancer spread
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A drug prescribed to prevent fractures in breast cancer patients whose tumors have spread may actually help slow the cancer itself, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Full Article
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