Health

Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of breast cancer partly due to barriers to timely...

Credit: Swedish Research Council Amsterdam, NL, September 24, 2018 - Non-motor symptoms are common in late stage Parkinson's disease (PD)...

USC scientists say Alzheimer's could be diagnosed earlier if scientists focus on an early warning within the brain's circulation system....

FINDINGS Researchers examined participation and weight loss results in an online diabetes prevention program; an in-person diabetes prevention program; and...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Older adults at risk for falls are less likely to suffer fall-related hospitalizations when they have a...

Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Experts at a prestigious medical conference hosted by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and...

Forty per cent of older adults who leave hospital are discharged to home care or a long-term care facility, which,...

Disease management programmes (DMPs) should be regularly updated to adapt them to the current state of medical knowledge. Requirements for...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 24, 2018--A Special Focus Issue on Integrative Oncology takes a...

SEATTLE -- Sept. 24, 2018 -- Harnessing the immune system to treat cancer shows great promise in some patients, but...

Almost 12% of all adults in Germany are diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives. The German Institute...

PITTSBURGH, September 24, 2018 - Organs affected by autoimmune disease could be fighting back by "exhausting" immune cells that cause...

A multicenter clinical trial has found that a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter mitral valve repair significantly reduced hospitalizations and...

SAN DIEGO--In the largest multi-institutional study to date, led by researchers from Penn Medicine, the team found that among patients...

The consensus--one of the first of its kind--comes on the eve of the Ryder Cup, the biennial golf tournament between...

During this unique study from the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Surrey, led by Professor Derk-Jan Dijk, 36...

Today, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) announced that Megha Prasad, MD, MS, has been selected as the...

Credit: QUT Media It's one of the hardest jobs in sport that every armchair fan thinks they can do better....

Underage drinking is a concern all over the country. Among American Indian and Alaska Native populations, there are especially serious...

SAN DIEGO - September 23, 2018 - The first randomized study to compare general versus local anesthesia during transcatheter aortic...