Experimental cancer treatments are more beneficial than previously thought. In a recent study, the largest and most comprehensive to date, approximately 11%—and in some cases, 27%-of patients in Phase 1 cancer trials responded positively. Previous reviews showed that only 4%...
A new kind of radiation technology called shaped beam surgery allows doctors to destroy brain and spinal tumors that cannot be treated...
The natural infectious power of four viruses could provide the key to battling colon cancer, according to research being conducted at Duke...
Since the discovery of C-reactive protein (CRP), a blood-borne inflammation marker, a connection between inflammation and heart disease has been well-established. Now:...
The FDA is recommending that the prescribing information for the diabetes drugs Januvia (sitagliptin) and janumet (sitagliptin/metformin) include information about reported...
The Food and Drug Administration has found that people with type 2 diabetes who take pioglitazone (Actos) for one year or longer...
Thirty million Americans have dry mouth (xerostomia), including 30% of people 65 or older. It sounds like little more than a nuisance....
Xerostomia (dry mouth) is a common condition with many possible causes, including regular consumption of caffeinated beverages (such as coffee and tea)...
If you have ever noticed a few tiny dots, blobs, squiggly lines or cobweblike images drifting across your field of vision, you...
Aging often brings a reduction in the ability to see well in low light. Reasons: Night vision has two elements. First, the...
The first treatment has been approved for diabetic retinopathy, reports Deeba Husain, MD. The FDA recently approved injections of the drug Lucentis-also...
Pycnogenol (pronounced pic-noj-en-all), an extract from the bark of the French maritime pine, is known to improve circulation, reduce swelling and ease...