Michael Yarborough, a 58-year-old business owner from Waxahachie, Texas, was fortunate. A routine check-up three years ago revealed prostate cancer, but a side effect of his successful surgery was “driving him nuts.”
Treating diabetes during pregnancy can break the link between gestational diabetes and childhood obesity, according to a Kaiser Permanente study featured in the September issue of Diabetes Care.
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) and The Alzheimer?s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) group announced the decision to pursue a multi-center U.S. Phase III study evaluating the role of Gammagard Liquid [Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human)] (IGIV) , an intravenous immunoglobulin preparation, for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer?s disease.
Last week, Jamba Juice was informed by the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health that an employee at San Jose/Willow Glen store has recently been diagnosed and treated for Hepatitis A, the mildest form of Hepatitis.
A nasal spray is safe and effective at rapidly treating cluster headaches, which are considered to be the most painful kind of headache with few treatment options, according to a study published in the Aug. 28, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Dr. Gina Ogilvie and colleagues investigate the feasibility of self-collection of specimens for HPV testing among women who may not make full use of cytology screening programs and are thus at increased risk of cervical cancer.
A mosquito-borne disease often known as ?break-bone fever? has found a new enemy in a unique type of mouse.
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered that treating people who have early cardiovascular abnormalities, but show no symptoms of cardiovascular disease, can slow progression and even reverse damage to the heart and blood vessels.
Findings released today by the Health Department shed new light on the health effects of exposure to dust and debris among workers who responded to the World Trade Center disaster on September_11, 2001.
New findings that one in 20 North Carolina men who have sex with men (MSM) reported using crystal methamphetamine during the previous month suggests increased risk for spreading HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.