New Anticlotting Drugs in the Works
The drugs apixaban and Xarelto are effective at preventing deadly blood clots, new studies show.

Breast Removal Reduces Cancer Risk In Some Women
Women carrying the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations for breast cancer could benefit from having double mastectomies before they develop cancer. "We found mastectomy provided huge risk reduction of subsequent breast cancer diagnosis and death," says the author of a new study.