A meta-analysis of 24 studies confirmed previous data that oral contraceptives can increase the relative risk for cervical cancer and that the risk is associated with duration of use. Medscape Medical News
Cetuximab improved overall survival and quality of life in patients with previously treated advanced colorectal cancer whose disease no longer responded to other therapies. Medscape Medical News
New results from the Framingham Heart Study show that over the past 50 years, average alcohol consumption has declined. However, the risk of developing alcohol dependence and associated alcohol-related conditions has not decreased. Medscape Medical News
Analysis of data from a California database shows that autism cases continued to increase after thimerosal was eliminated from most childhood vaccines. Medscape Medical News
Elderly patients prescribed a conventional, first-generation antipsychotic have a 30% increased risk of dying compared with those prescribed atypical, second-generation antipsychotics, new research suggests. Medscape Medical News
