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Back to SearchIs there a role for a new blood test for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
A blood test can identify the majority of colorectal cancers, a new study finds, when compared with the gold standard, colonoscopy, for screening. Ye…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
How helpful is a new blood test for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Blood tests for cancer are much in the news lately, including one to test for colorectal cancer. Such a test, if it works as well as methods like col…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Supervised exercise helped reduce recurrence of colorectal cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Regular, supervised exercise helped people who’d been treated for colorectal cancer avoid recurrence of the disease, a new study shows, adding to the…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Can a new drug that helps hot flashes herald a way to prevent many breast cancers? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Some drugs used to treat breast cancer might also be used to prevent it, but the hot flashes and other troublesome side effects make that an unlikely…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Engaging both patients and physicians in the use of cholesterol lowering medicines is needed, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Among people who’ve had a heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular event and need a cholesterol lowering medicine, about 2/3 will take one. Amon…
6 months ago
Why don’t people who are eligible for cholesterol lowering medicines take them? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Only about 25 percent of people who need cholesterol lowering medicines based on blood tests take them, with about 2/3 of those who’ve had a cardiov…
6 months ago
Just how much does it cost our healthcare system when people don’t take needed medicines to reduce cardiovascular risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Not taking medicines to lower cholesterol when you clearly need them increases your risk for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events. …
6 months ago
The gap between recommendations and who is actually taking medicines to lower cardiovascular disease risk is huge, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes, remains the number one cause of death in the United States, yet many people who should b…
6 months ago
How many people aren’t taking needed medicines to reduce cardiovascular risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Most people have heard of statins, drugs that lower cholesterol and consequent cardiovascular disease risk. Caleb Alexander, a drug safety and effica…
6 months ago
Can hot flashes and night sweats be controlled in women having treatment for breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Hot flashes and night sweats are called vasomotor symptoms, and they’re experienced by many women approaching menopause and those being treated for c…
6 months, 1 week ago