A new Mayo Clinic study indicates tonsillectomies are increasingly being performed to treat airway obstructions evidenced by snoring and sleep disorders as opposed to tonsil infections. The study, led by a Mayo Clinic Medical School student, will be presented Sept. 18 at the American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery in Washington, D.C.
Two U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agencies will collaborate in the most comprehensive study to date of prescription medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the potential for increased risk of heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular problems.
Men in late middle age with depressive symptoms are more likely to leave the labor force than men without such symptoms are, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania.
Abbott is initiating a worldwide medical device correction for users of its Precision Xtra™, Optium™, ReliOn® Ultima, Rite Aid® and Kroger® blood glucose meters manufactured after January_31, 2007.
Having a healthy kidney is worth a billion dollars. But an unhealthy kidney costs more—about $16 billion more, according to Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, associate professor in the division of nephrology and hypertension at the University of Cincinnati (UC).
Hillary Clinton will hold a live interactive webcast on Tuesday, September 18, to discuss her new health care plan that will provide affordable, quality coverage for all Americans.
Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center announced 19 recommendations to improve American health care, including a move from employer-based insurance to portable, individual-based coverage.
At least 160 people have died in an outbreak of the highly lethal haemorrhagic Ebola virus in the centre of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported, announcing that it is rushing medical and supplies to the region to try to contain the disease.
Statistics show that more men than women drink alcohol. But, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), death rates are 50 to 100 percent higher among female compared with male alcoholics.
More than 20 million adults in the United States are living with diabetes and are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). But there are steps that they can take to reduce the complications associated with these two diseases.