Eli Lilly and Company said it recently presented data related to its phase 3 study of Cyramza (ramucirumab) in treating advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at the 18th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), which was hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer in Yokohama, Japan.

A bipartisan health bill would slightly decrease the deficit over 10 years and there would be no significant reduction in the number of people with insurance, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Vanderbilt University recently said its new senior associate dean for research at the school of nursing, Mariann Piano, is involved in a study that indicates binge drinking among young adults age 18-30 can lead to vascular dysfunction and increased vulnerability to cardiovascular disease.

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently said its Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health developed an iPhone app, the MGH Perinatal Depression Scale (MGHPDS), to help change how women are screened for post-partum depression (PPD).

Pfizer Inc. said it prepared 10 abstracts on Xeljanz (tofacitinib) in treating ulcerative colitis (UC) for presentation at the World Congress of Gastroenterology at the American College of Gastroenterology in Florida and the 25th United European Gastroenterology (UEG) in Spain.

Advocates for those living with AIDS are urging a federal health administrator to clamp down on states they claim are illegally denying hepatitis C patients groundbreaking drugs that cure people in eight to 12 weeks.

Neuroanatomy was the topic of a recent segment of "The Zeppos Report," a podcast launched by Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos, featuring neuroscientist and author Suzana Herculano-Houzel.

Pfizer recently announced the results of its Phase 2 clinical trial of lorlatinib, a next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor to treat patients with ALK-positive and ROS1-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in fighting lung tumors and brain metastases.

Dr. Norman “Ned” Sharpless, an oncologist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, was recently sworn in as director of the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute.

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers recently found differences in gene transcription in immune cells that could help doctors determine which patients with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) develop chronic infection those whose immune systems can clear the virus.

The University of Pennsylvania recently said its Perelman School of Medicine will receive $6.4 million in funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop a mental health center.

A study by Vanderbilt University researchers indicates pain is sensed differently by men and women and also by Alzheimer patients, findings that could lead to improvements in pain management.

A recent study found fob satisfaction among doctors is closely correlated to working conditions and physician burnout, an article on the American Medical Association website said.

University of Florida researchers recently determined that the use of common antibiotics in children genetically predisposed to Type 1 diabetes or celiac disease does not increase the odds of their developing either condition.

With a nod to the power of statistics, the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) recently compiled a report depicting patient characteristics or traits it found to be common among the nation’s homeless.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) joined seven other national organizations in praising two U.S. senators for introducing a bill aimed at stabilizing the health insurance marketplace.

Gender pay and salary negotiation will be discussed at two workshops being sponsored by the the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center at Vanderbilt University on Nov. 1.

Abbott said its Confirm Rx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM), a smartphone compatible ICM to help physicians identify cardiac arrhythmias remotely, has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).