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"Chemo regimen found inferior"

Globe and Mail

18 Dec 2021

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

There are significant differences in breast-cancer recurrence rates depending on the type of...
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"Reducing acid in diet seen as boon to bones"

Globe and Mail

16 Nov 2021

Category: Other

Rating: (2½ stars)

Some scientists have speculated that the high acidity of the modern diet may be one reason so many...
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"Drug holds promise of new first-line AIDS treatment"

Globe and Mail

25 Jul 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (1½ stars)

Research into a new family of drugs to be unveiled next month at the International AIDS Conference...
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"Vaccine against cervical cancer approved"

Globe and Mail

19 Jul 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3 stars)

Health Canada has given its approval to the first vaccine that can protect women from most cases of...
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"Period-free birth-control pill a step closer after study"

Globe and Mail

27 Jun 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

The longest clinical study ever conducted for a continuous-use birth-control pill has found that...
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"Anti-smoking pill receives U.S. federal approval"

Globe and Mail

12 May 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2 stars)

Associated Press
Washington - A Pfizer drug shown to help more than one in five smokers quit the...
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"Drug heightens suicide risk in seniors, study shows"

Globe and Mail

01 May 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

There is more damning evidence that a popular class of antidepressants that includes Prozac, Paxil...
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"Osteoporosis drug scores in cancer test"

Globe and Mail

18 Apr 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2½ stars)

An osteoporosis drug is as effective at preventing breast cancer as the commonly used tamoxifen,...
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"Vitamin D may help prevent breast cancer: studies"

Globe and Mail

05 Apr 2022

Category: Other

Rating: (2½ stars)

Associated Press
Washington - Women who get lots of vitamin D are less likely to develop breast...
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"Tofu, nuts lower cholesterol: study"

Globe and Mail

14 Mar 2022

Category: Other

Rating: (3 stars)

Toronto (AP)- Maybe your doctor should write up a grocery list to help lower your cholesterol,...
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"Heart-helping statins don't cut cancer risk, clinical analysis finds"

Globe and Mail

04 Jan 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3 stars)

The hope that popular heart drugs might also reduce the risk of cancer seems to have been dashed....
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"OccuLogix prepares to roll out AMD treatment"

Globe and Mail

03 Jan 2022

Category: Other

Rating: (1 star)

Joe Christian is watching an Ocean's Eleven DVD from his bed at a Veris Health Sciences AMD clinic...
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"Yoga best way of easing pain in lower back, group study says"

Globe and Mail

23 Dec 2021

Category: Other

Rating: (3 stars)

Exercise, not bed rest, is the best way of easing chronic lower back pain, according to a...
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"Herceptin debate comes amid skepticism about all drugs"

Globe and Mail

24 Nov 2021

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (4½ stars)

The world's top medical journal said Herceptin might be a cure. A rival publication said the data...
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"New vaccine sparing kids, seniors from strep ills"

Globe and Mail

08 Nov 2021

Category: Other

Rating: (1½ stars)

A new childhood vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae -- a bacterial infection that is a major...
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"Colon-cancer tests sought by too few, doctor says invasive procedure may be unpleasant but it works"

Globe and Mail

11 Oct 2021

Category: Diagnostic Test

Rating: (4½ stars)

A colonoscopy -- with a flexible, camera-equipped tube guided into the colon as a means of looking...
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"New anti-psychotic drugs worrying, study shows"

Globe and Mail

13 Sep 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3 stars)

Sales of anti-psychotic medications have soared in recent years, spurred by the arrival of a new...
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"Homeopathic remedies no better than placebo, study finds"

Globe and Mail

26 Aug 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (2½ stars)

Homeopathic remedies may help people feel better, but the impact appears to be no greater than a...
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"Second Opinion: Be skeptical about the Herceptin Hype"

Globe and Mail

04 Aug 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (5 stars)

The breast cancer drug trastuzumab (better known by its brand name Herceptin) has had more than its...
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"Chemo may avoid castration for testicle cancer"

Globe and Mail

22 Jul 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (3½ stars)

Testicular cancer can be treated just as effectively with a single drug treatment as with three...
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