The world?s most common joint disease, osteoarthritis (OA) affects more than 10 percent of American adults, nearly 80 percent of people past age 55, and about three times as many women as men.
A pair of large-scale genetic studies supported by the National Institutes of Health has revealed two genes that influence the risk of getting multiple sclerosis (MS) ? data sought since the discovery of the only other known MS susceptibility gene decades ago.
The use of steroid medication to treat bronchiolitis ? a common viral lower respiratory infection in infants ? does not prevent hospitalization or improve their respiratory symptoms, according to a study published in the July 26 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
The Ministry of Health is concerned about the reports of inappropriate inflation of private health care costs allegedly involving some providers in this sector. The allegations are part of the reports emerging from the Board of Healthcare Funders conference in Sun City in which the Ministry and Department of Health actively participated.
Proof that GP practices are open at times to suit the vast majority of patients (84%) comes with publication of results from the English Department of Health?s GP Patient Survey.
One of the greatest medical mysteries of our time has taken a leap forward in medical understanding with new study results announced by Dr. Daniel D. Rubens of Children?s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle.
An implanted stimulator being studied at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital may be able to predict and prevent seizures before they start in people with uncontrolled epilepsy.
More cases of venous thromboembolism are diagnosed in the three months following hospitalization than during hospitalization, but less than half of inpatients receive medications to prevent blood clots from occurring, according to a report in the July 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Sex hormone levels and breast density are independent risk factors for breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
Indian Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries notified today an outbreak of Avian Influenza in Chingmeirong Village in East Imphal District of Manipur.