New imaging technologies such as bioluminescence, using light-emitting substances from such sources as jellyfish and fireflies, show promise of radically changing medical diagnosis from a structural to a molecular basis.
The proportion of patients who experienced deteriorating symptoms of heart failure while using the experimental Chronicle implantable monitor was reduced by 33 percent...
In cancer, the mind may need mending long after the body heals. A national study of cancer patients who underwent bone marrow transplantation reveals cancer diagnosis and treatment has a profound and lasting emotional and physical impact that can persist for decades.
In the largest and most comprehensive prospective study of its kind, researchers have concluded that the risk of ischemic heart disease and, ultimately, cardiac death following radiation treatment for breast cancer has steadily declined over the last quarter century.
A survey of hospital leaders indicates that many have serious reservations about a mandatory error reporting system, including that it would discourage event reporting and increase the risk of lawsuits, according to a study.
There are substantial differences between European countries in the potentially inappropriate use of medications among elderly home care patients, according to a study.
Patients who took vitamin E supplements for about 7 years did not have their risk of cancer or cardiovascular events significantly reduced, and in fact some had an increased risk of heart failure, according to a study.
Although the type and intensity of treatment for acute myocardial infarction varies widely across the country, elderly patients who receive intensive medical treatment may have comparable survival as those who undergo invasive cardiac procedures, according to a study.
Timing is everything when it comes to killing prostate cancer cells with specially tailored vaccines, say scientists testing the drugs in mice at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
Researchers have successfully applied an innovative computer modeling technique to predicting how protein molecules will behave in response to different environmental conditions.
Members of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology will converge on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., this week for the Society's second annual legislative training and advocacy program.
It's no longer an ancient Chinese secret. A University of Missouri-Columbia researcher is putting a new spin on an old exercise. The T'ai Chi Fundamentals program takes the centuries-old martial arts exercise and transforms it into a useful tool for rehabilitation.
Outpatient gastric bypass surgery, aortic dissection, and a new way to diagnose sciatica, are all featured topics in this month's tipsheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
President Bush has called upon the medical community to switch from paper to electronic health records within 10 years. In response, the health care community is building a national electronic network. This release covers efforts starting in Pennsylvania.
Getting a child to sleep through the night may seem like an impossible task, but it can be achieved. A user-friendly new book by pediatric sleep expert Jodi Mindell pinpoints causes of sleep problems and offers parents advice on creating good sleep habits.
Upgraded community health services, including checkups by phone or in person with a local nurse practitioner at a neighborhood clinic, and free charge cards for medications are almost nine times more likely to benefit black Americans at greater risk of heart disease than full-service physician care alone.
New research by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues suggests that one day, doctors may be able to diagnose multiple sclerosis with a simple blood test.
The underlying depression, rather than the effects of the drugs themselves, may explain the increased risk of heart attack associated with taking antidepressants, suggests research.
Mountain dwellers live longer than people in lowland areas, finds research. The findings are based on tracking the cardiovascular health and death rates of 1150 inhabitants of three villages not far from Athens, Greece, for a period of 15 years.
Children's Medical Center Dallas has launched an interactive tool Web tool that makes it fun for parents and children to learn about allergy triggers found inside and outside the home.
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