There is no cure for Alzheimer's disease, and watching a loved one’s mental health degrade is an experience that no one should endure. Thankfully new research may lead to advancements in Alzeimer’s treatment.

Our bodies are like ecosystems, as even the smallest change can affect the whole. It is a similar case when it comes to disease. One little intruder can be involved in the development of diseases like diabetes.

An experimental device designed to remove blood clots from blocked vessels after a stroke has successfully outperformed a mechanical U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved device during a trial.

Viagra is known to boost men’s sexual vigor, but it can also treat a totally different type of condition in children: One small study says that the drug can diminish the size of a birth defect in kids.

There are several treatments available for prostate cancer, and information on which is best has been hard to organize and difficult to interpret - until now.

The updated 2012 recommended vaccination schedules for children and adolescents has been released by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

A recently available blood test already known to detect Down syndrome in unborn babies can also detect two other serious chromosomal disorders as early as ten weeks into the pregnancy.

Cancer develops in a struggle between the normal genes that keep your cells healthy, and other genes that developing cancer cells misuse to protect themselves.

An easy way reduce food allergy risk may be coming through your window. Sunlight exposure may reduce the risk of food allergies and eczema in children.

Stage, screen and television actor Ben Gazarra , has died of pancreatic cancer, an illness he had been battling for some time. He was 81. Gazarra is best known for his big screen roles in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Anatomy of a Murder" and "The Big Lebowski ." He also appeared in the television series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and was the lead in the 1960s series “Run for Your Life.” Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest of all malignancies. It often starts silently, giving no warning of its menacing ways. The pancreas is both an organ and a gland. Its ...