Ovarian cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers with devastatingly small survival rates, but a new treatment could revolutionize how doctors treat the disease. Doctors and researchers are...
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) like Nexium and Prilosec have caused quite a stir lately when studies found a link between the drugs and serious side effects. For women, the...
Juno Therapeutics announced that it is putting its ROCKET clinical trial on hold at the direction of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after a total of three patients...
A large ovarian cancer study conducted by Pfizer Inc. and German drug maker Merck has just begun its late-stage trial. The immuno-oncology drug is called Avelumab, and it is...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the fourth leading cause of death for women. While heart disease is often thought of as...
For patients who hate getting shots at the doctor’s office, AstraZenaca’s FluMist nasal spray vaccination was a welcome alternative when it was approved in 2003. However, an advisory committee...
For hundreds of patients whose removal of defective IVC filters are considered too risky, a new removal technique might finally provide relief. The new removal technique is called laser...
Johnson & Johnson has spent years proclaiming the safety of its baby powder products, insisting studies that showed a link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer were flawed, insignificant,...
After two multimillion dollar verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs in Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder ovarian cancer trials in 2016, a recent study published by the American Association...