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FDA Approves Drug for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Olaparib is already approved for use in BRCA-mutated ovarian and breast cancers.
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Breast Density Alerts Might Not Be Helping Women
The goal of dense breast notifications is to spur a conversation between a woman and her health care provider. The provider can let a woman know how having dense breast tissue affects her personal...
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Not Just January: Alcohol Abstinence Turns Trendy
According to the market research firm Yougov , more than 1 in 5 Americans plans to participate in Dry January this year.
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Algorithms Spot Signs of Suicide Risk & Self-Harm
Using artificial intelligence, doctors and researchers believe they can more quickly identify people at risk of suicide or self harm.
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Trump Administration to Ban Most Flavored E-Cigarettes
The White House originally proposed a ban on flavored e-cigarettes -- thought to be especially enticing to teens -- back in September. But since then, the Administration had seemed to bow to industry...
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One Way to Help Ease A-Fib: Give Up Drinking
When they compared the teetotalers to a similar group of people with a-fib who continued drinking, the investigators found that those who abstained from alcohol delayed their next a-fib episode and...
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Yoga May Bring a Brain Boost, Review Shows
A new brain scan study may be just the incentive you need to put yoga at the top of your New Years' to-do list.
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New Food Labels Help for Counting Calories, Sugar
Foods with multiple servings in a single package -- like a big bag of potato chips -- will now have a two-column label that will list the nutrition information in a single serving alongside the...
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Don't Believe Online Claims for Pot's 'Benefits'
Looking at tens of thousands of pot-related posts on Twitter, researchers saw a lot of bogus health claims that they fear may drown out solid science.
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U-Haul Won't Hire Smokers, Vapers in 21 States
Twenty-one states currently allow employers to refuse hiring if a person uses nicotine, and in 17 states testing for nicotine prior to hiring is legal.
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Prostate Cancer in Black Men: Overcoming Barriers to Better Outcomes
Black men are more than twice as likely as white men to die of prostate cancer. Learn about the many reasons and what you can do about it.
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New Year's Resolutions Didn't Stick? Try a Monday Reset
Instead of looking at your resolutions as a sweeping year-long project, what if you concentrated on making healthy changes every Monday?
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AI Beat Humans in Spotting Breast Tumors
Researchers at Google and several universities are working on an artificial intelligence (AI) model aimed at improving the accuracy of mammography screening.
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Opioid Use By Teens a Red Flag for Other Dangers
In a national survey of U.S. high school students, 14% said they had ever "misused" a prescription opioid such as Vicodin, OxyContin or Percocet.
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What Are the Early Warning Signs of Vaping Illness?
Many people have been hospitalized, and some have died from vaping illness. But how do you know if you have it? Here’s what to look out for.
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One Big Roadblock to Opioid Addiction Treatment
A new study finds there still aren't enough doctors authorized to prescribe the leading drug treatment for opioid addiction.
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Docs: Testosterone Supplements Won't Help Most Men
It's known that men's testosterone levels decline with age. And for years industry has promoted the idea that men suffer a range of symptoms caused by what's sometimes described as "male menopause."
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Baby Delivery Costs Average $4,500 in U.S.
A new study warns parents-to-be that average out-of-pocket costs for health care during pregnancy, delivery and the first three months after birth jumped to more than $4,500 in 2015 from just over...
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Study: No Major Link Between Baby Powder, Cancer
The use of talc powder has been linked to other types of cancer, such as mesothelioma. A jury recently awarded a California couple nearly $30 million from Johnson & Johnson for the wife's...
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Study: Young Women Getting Pelvic Exams They Don’t Need
The authors estimate that nearly one-quarter of young women aged 15-20 have received a pelvic exam in the last year. That’s 2.6 million girls. More than half of the exams -- 1.4 million -- may not...
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