Demetrios Spanos was shocked when his doctor discovered a potentially life-threatening weakening affecting his body?s largest blood vessel, the aorta, during a routine physical examination.
For many women, irregular or infrequent menstrual cycles may not sound like such a bad thing. But a condition that can cause irregular periods ? polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS ? can present women with numerous health concerns, ranging from excess hair growth to fertility issues to an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Most (64 percent of Americans, according to one recent study) are satisfied with their sex lives.
Three new studies by a University at Buffalo psychologist offer the first known evidence that some people anxiously expect that they will be rejected by others because of their physical appearance, and that this sensitivity, if not mitigated, has serious implications for their mental and physical health.
A new supplemental therapy that teaches pain coping and biofeedback skills can reduce pain, the potential for chronic pain and health-care costs for millions of Americans suffering from a common jaw disorder, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.
Binge eating disorder is more prevalent than either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa or other eating disorders, revealed by researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital.
Katherine Schaefer, Lawrence Saubermann and researchers believe they have discovered by chance a new way to fight colorectal cancer, and potentially cancers of the esophagus, liver and skin.
Prison officials and poison control centers can add a new substance to their list of intoxicants i.e. hand sanitizer. A report in the New England Journal of Medicine notes the hand cleaners are around 70 percent alcohol.
Abul Hussam, an associate professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at George Mason University, Fairfax, Va., will receive the Grainger Challenge Gold Award of $1 million for his SONO filter, a household water treatment system.
Drivers who spend a significant amount of time in their cars might find themselves in the fast lane for developing future skin cancers, according to new research examining the incidence of left-sided skin cancers in patients and driving trends of adults seen at a Midwestern university dermatology clinic.