WASHINGTON (AP) -- The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer....
Exclusive Interview: Francis Collins Talks Money,...
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- From fiscal battles to the role of the NIH in drug development, Francis Collins, MD, director of the National Institutes of Health, offered frank opinions as...
Analysis of opioid prescription practices finds areas...
(NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse) An analysis of national prescribing patterns shows that more than half of patients who received an opioid prescription in 2009 had filled another opioid...
U.S. Program Helping Save Lives in Egypt
(MedPage Today) -- A National Institutes of Health-sponsored international training program is helping to save lives during the recent turbulent events in Egypt, a U.S. physician said.
The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet: The Powerful...
Until recently, there was little women could do to prevent breast cancer. After years of research, nutrition is emerging as one of the most important weapons to fight this deadly disease....
It's Not About the Hair: And Other Certainties of...
For more than two decades, author Debra Jarvis has counseled cancer patients in her work as a chaplain. Then, in an ironic twist, she herself was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. This...
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