health - "study published"

According to a study published in The Lancet Oncology, cancer survival rates differ greatly between countries all over the world. The study compared 31 countries and assessed data on nearly 2 million cancer patients. Of these results, one of the most dramatic is the survival rate for prostate cancer in the United States at almost 92%, whereas in Europe, the rate was 57%. From Atlanta -read more

The results of a new study are being published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and it relates different issues dealing with the AIDS epidemic and drugs that...

Giving children preventive antibiotics within one hour before they undergo spinal surgery greatly reduces the risk for serious infections after the surgery, suggests a Johns Hopkins study to be published in the August issue of Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (also available online ahead of print).

Patients suffering from major depression are at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, but treating these patients with medication can greatly reduce the risk, according to new findings by researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of medicine. The results of their study are published in the July 16 issue of the journal PLoS ONE.

The UK government may save up to £18.6 million a year by deciding to use the HPV vaccine Cervarix, given that it is equally effective as the more expensive Gardasil in preventing cervical abnormalities, according to a study published on BMJ.com.

iTunes has the ability to manage and organize PDF files just as easy as music files, allowing radiologists to better organize their personal files of articles and images, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Renji hospital and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of medicine in Shanghai, China. 'Most published medical papers are available on the internet in a PDF format now,' said Li Jun Qian, MD, lead author of the study.