Cancer death rates fall in US, county

Mortality rates for all forms of cancer have fallen by 1.5 percent per year from 2001 through 2010, according to a federal government report released this week. That represents a cumulative decline of nearly 13 percent over that decade. “Death rates continued to...

FDA Approves COPD Combination Therapy

Medical News | Physician’s First Watch December 19, 2013 By Kelly Young The FDA has approved Anoro Ellipta as a long-term maintenance therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The once-daily treatment consists of umeclidinium, an inhaled...