Great Drug, but Does It Prolong Life?
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There are some indications that statins arenât all theyâre cracked up to be.
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MONDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Nursing home residents treated intermittently with drugs for common ailments such as depression, arthritis or sinus problems over a three-month period were almost 90 percent more likely to die at the end of that period than were patients who didn't take such drugs, new research shows.
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Science & environment: Scientists have found a gene that regulates lifespan which could lead to treatments to hold off ageing.
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thanks to an amazing new experimental drug. A third of the people taking the drug lost at least 10% of their body weight and were able to keep it off for two years.
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Genentech Inc.  on Monday said its colon cancer drug Avastin extended the life of patients when used in combination with a chemotherapy regimen called FOLFOX4 more than the chemotherapy alone in a late stage clinical trial.
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TORONTO -- Doctors can prolong the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer for several months and improve their quality of life with a new-generation drug treatment, a Canadian-led international study has found.
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Genentech Inc. on Monday said its colon cancer drug Avastin extended the life of patients when used in combination with a chemotherapy regimen called FOLFOX4 more than the chemotherapy alone in a late stage clinical trial.
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A drug that helps the immune system attack lung cancer cells may improve survival time.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Certain breast cancer patients who switch to the aromatase inhibitor drug anastrozole (Arimidex) after two to three years of treatment with tamoxifen live longer and are more likely to remain cancer-free, German researchers report.
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MONDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Among Americans living to the ripe old age of 100 and counting, it is the ability to delay the onset of disability, and not the onset of disease, that seems to secure a long life.
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The approval of a new drug is a long-term opportunity.
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An experimental lung cancer drug has extended patients' life expectancy by more than 50% in preliminary trials.
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MONDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- New cancer drugs often save lives, but are they cost-effective?
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A drug used to treat advanced breast and lung cancers has been found to prolong the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer whose tumors don't respond to hormone therapy, according to two studies published on Wednesday.
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A drug that starves tumors of their blood supply can help patients live longer, without adding to some of the worst effects of chemotherapy, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Depressed people 75 or older are just as likely to improve after an 8-week course with an inactive, placebo drug as with an antidepressant, new research indicates.
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A drug widely used to prevent excessive bleeding during heart surgery appears to raise the risk of dying in the five years afterward by nearly 50 percent, an international study found.