Chemo With Herceptin May Be Best for Some Breast Cancers

New research suggests that certain breast cancer patients who take the drug Herceptin during chemotherapy, instead of taking it afterward, fare better, leading one of the study authors to say patients should routinely take the drug with chemo.The patients at issue are those with HER2-positive breast cancer, which accounts for 20 percent to 25 percent [...]

Running and Your Joints

Regular exercise has enormous health benefits. Most importantly, it reduces the risk of heart attack, stroke and premature death. And that’s not all. Many studies link physical activity to protection against:

  Diabetes
  Obesity
  High blood pressure
  Osteoporosis and fractures
  Depression
  Insomnia
  Dementia
  Colon cancer, breast cancer and possibly prostate cancer.

Despite all these benefits, only about [...]