SAN FRANCISCO , June 1 /- Prostate cancer patients on leuprolide who were offered to continue on FIRMAGON® (degarelix for injection) after one year of treatment reduced prostate specific antigen (PSA) recurrence, according to results of a Phase III extension study(1) presented here at the American Urological Association ...

NEW YORK , June 1 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- www.medicalequipmentpro.com , one of the leading online home medical equipment suppliers, has launched a special promotion for the coming Father's Day . The promotion involves free shipping on orders above a certain sum of money and discounts on some ...

Only about one in three young women has received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to help prevent cervical cancer, according to a new report from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings are published in the May issue of the ...

Only about one in three young women has received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to help prevent cervical cancer, according to a new report from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that certain types of specializations on nerve cells called "spines" are depleted as a person ages, causing cognitive decline in the part of the brain that mediates the highest levels of learning. These spines receive an important class of synapses that ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco consumption is one of the largest public health hazards the world has ever had to confront. Over 5 million people each year are killed, an average of 1 human every 6 seconds, the WHO says. Tobacco accounts for 1 in every 10 ...

Approximately 351,000 Nebraskans people under the age of 65-almost one in four (23.0 percent) of Nebraska's non-elderly population-have a diagnosed pre-existing condition that could lead to a denial of coverage in the individual health insurance market, according to a report released today by the consumer health organization Families USA. They ...

Approximately 165,000 people under the age of 65-more than one in five (22.8 percent) of Delaware's non-elderly population-have a diagnosed pre-existing condition that could lead to a denial of coverage in the individual health insurance market, according to a report released today by the consumer health organization Families USA. They ...

Approximately 1 million people under the age of 65-almost one in four (23.1 percent) of Minnesota's non-elderly population-have a diagnosed pre-existing condition that could lead to a denial of coverage in the individual health insurance market, according to a report released today by the consumer health organization Families USA. They ...

Nearly 2.1 million people under the age of 65-almost one in four (24.7 percent) of Michigans's non-elderly population-have a diagnosed pre-existing condition that could lead to a denial of coverage in the individual health insurance market, according to a report released today by the consumer health organization Families USA. They ...

Roughly one-quarter of all hospital patients were readmitted over a two-year period for the same conditions that prompted their initial hospitalization, according to the latest News and Numbers by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

A published report provides the final details on how two stroke-prevention procedures are safe and equally beneficial for men and women at risk for stroke, though their effectiveness does vary by age, say researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health in collaboration with other ...