Nearly half the patients with an often debilitating form of inflammatory bowel disease saw their symptoms disappear within six weeks of starting a medication usually reserved for cancer patients, researchers report.
Drugs used to treat hypertension may be equally effective at lowering blood pressure. Yet some may intensify feelings of depression.
Dextromethorphan, an over-the-counter medication that silences coughs, may help fibromyalgia patients quiet over-reacting nerves that amplify ordinary touches into agony.
Web site to educate children and their parents about skin cancer and encourage them to make appropriate lifestyle changes to prevent the disease.
Fetal nutrition plays a role in the origin of certain diseases that surface in adulthood, University of Florida researchers report.
Florida adult stem cell expert named to Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group of the newly established California Institute of Regenerative Medicine.
Rural residents tend to wait for high levels and duration of pain before visiting a dentist.
Rural residents are nearly twice as likely as their urban counterparts to postpone timely trips to the dentist, seeking help only after they develop a problem and oral pain is severe, University of Florida researchers report.
Genes dictate the color of our hair and eyes. They factor into whether we get cancer or heart disease. And, scientists increasingly recognize, they also ensure some patients will benefit from a prescription drug, while others develop adverse reactions or simply fail to respond at all.
Researchers have found that teaching fathers how to talk to and play with their autistic children in a home setting improved communication, increased the number of intelligible words the youngsters spoke by more than 50 percent and helped dads get more involved in their care.
University of Florida researchers have discovered that despite the placid sea cows' huge size, their bones are actually as brittle as some porcelain plates. That may make them even more vulnerable than anyone thought to suffering life-threatening injuries in a collision.
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.
A new approach to predict whether a drug in development is likely to work and which dose is best could get antibiotics to market faster and more cheaply, say University of Florida researchers.
New research shows law enforcement authorities trying to curb teen-age drinking might be wise to step up the patrols year-round, not just during spring break.
For young patients who grow to adulthood with a chronic illness, leaving behind the pediatrician who may have saved their lives can be a tough transition.
Weight, cholesterol and blood pressure aside, women might be wise to factor in yet another barometer of heart health: the size and strength of their social circle.
An international team of scientists has used gene therapy in two separate studies to renew brain cells and restore normal movements in monkeys and rats with a drug-induced form of Parkinson's disease.
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