It’s worth the weight — loss, that is. Despite their blockbuster popularity, GLP-1 medications come with a handful of side effects, mainly along the lines of gastrointestinal issues like nausea and ...

Benefits of statins greatly outweigh risks, study leader says Wrongly attributed side effects may discourage use by patients and doctors Regulators should change statin labeling, researchers say Feb 5 ...

The long list of side effects associated with statins is vastly overstated, according to the most rigorous assessment of the evidence to date. This is prompting calls for the drugs’ packaging to be ...

When people talk about radiation exposure – especially from flying – they often reach for a familiar comparison: the chest X-ray. Government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and doctors might state ...

In a world-first, a team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, has successfully performed a coronary artery bypass - a normally open-heart ...

The discovery means some people may be able to skip the accompanying side effects, too. Thanks to earlier detection, better surgical techniques, and more targeted therapies, an increasing number of ...

The results of a new study on breast cancer could be practice-changing, potentially sparing thousands of patients from an intense treatment with significant side effects. Courtesy of National Cancer ...

An image-based data mining analysis identified specific regions in the breast where radiation dose was associated with pain, edema, and other complications. Compared with whole-breast dosimetry, ...

Results from the phase III SUPREMO study show that for patients with intermediate-risk breast cancer who received a mastectomy and systemic therapy, those who also received chest wall radiation did ...

CURE spoke with Alexa M. Lantz of Penn State Health about radiation side effects. For patients with cancer who are receiving treatment with radiation therapy, keeping lines of communication open with ...