by Research Team | Nov 6, 2015 | Health News
Evidence is mounting that the HPV vaccine is also effective in preventing other HPV-related cancers, including those of the head and neck. Although most people who get HPV do not develop cancer, rates of HPV-related head and neck cancers are dramatically rising for...
by Research Team | Nov 6, 2015 | Health News
A Maryland girl who is undergoing cancer treatment will be able to attend school with the help of a robot. Ten-year-old Peyton Walton of Montgomery County will soon undergo five weeks of treatment at Memorial Sloan Cancer Center in New York, according to WRC-TV...
by Research Team | Nov 6, 2015 | Health News
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved sales of Genvoya from Gilead Sciences Inc. , the top maker of HIV medicines. The once-a-day pill combines three existing Gilead HIV drugs – Vitekta, Tybost and Emtriva – with a new version of tenofovir,...
by Research Team | Nov 6, 2015 | Health News
The Obama administration says it is concerned that some states are restricting access by low-income people to costly, revolutionary drugs for a liver-wasting disease called hepatitis C. In a notice to state Medicaid directors Thursday, the government reminded states...
by Research Team | Nov 6, 2015 | Health News
Dame Joan Collins has told Jonathan Ross she is “still suffering” following the death of her sister, the novelist Jackie Collins. The best-selling author was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer six and a half years ago, and died in September.
