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New Silicone Breast Implants Approved
New Silicone Breast Implants Approved FRIDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- MemoryShape breast implants have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for breast augmentation in women 22 and older, and for breast reconstruction, the FDA sai...
Nerve Stimulation Might Ease Fibromyalgia Pain
Nerve Stimulation Might Ease Fibromyalgia Pain MONDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- An implanted device that zaps the nerves at the nape of the neck -- shown effective in treating some people with migraines -- may also help ease the ache of fibromyalgi...
New Kind of Therapy Shows Early Promise in MS Patients
New Kind of Therapy Shows Early Promise in MS Patients WEDNESDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- A new therapy for multiple sclerosis that teaches the body to recognize and then ignore its own nerve tissue appears to be safe and well-tolerated in humans, ...
New Drug May Help Fight Certain Advanced Lung Cancers
New Drug May Help Fight Certain Advanced Lung Cancers MONDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- For patients struggling with a common and deadly form of lung cancer, adding the drug ganetespib to a standard chemotherapy drug may boost survival, new research ...
New Drug May Slow Advanced Ovarian Cancer
New Drug May Slow Advanced Ovarian Cancer SATURDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Women with advanced ovarian cancer stayed in remission almost six months longer when they were treated with the targeted drug pazopanib (Votrient), new German research says...
New Drugs, Diagnostic Approved for Advanced Melanoma
New Drugs, Diagnostic Approved for Advanced Melanoma WEDNESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Two new drugs, Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib), have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat advanced melanoma, the most...
New China Bird Flu May Be Resistant to Tamiflu
New China Bird Flu May Be Resistant to Tamiflu TUESDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- Chinese scientists say they've identified the first cases of resistance to the flu drug Tamiflu in a person infected with the emerging H7N9 avian flu virus. According t...
Noise, Dirty Air May Be Double Whammy for the Heart
Noise, Dirty Air May Be Double Whammy for the Heart MONDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Air pollution and noise pollution both may boost the risk of heart disease, new research from Germany suggests. "Many studies have looked at air pollution, while ot...
Nighttime Docs at ICUs Don't Boost Patient Outcomes: Study
Nighttime Docs at ICUs Don't Boost Patient Outcomes: Study MONDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Although many hospital intensive care units have a nighttime attending physician on staff to help improve outcomes, new research suggests this may have no cl...