Health News

A MRI is a Better Heart Checker
Patients with coronary heart disease are often diagnosed following a battery of tests, some of which are invasive or require radiation. A better option allows patients to skip riskier or more invasive testing.
Triggering Cancer in the Unborn
Can an unborn child be exposed to cancer causing agents while in its mother's womb? Will the cancer develop over time and appear later in life? New research says that indeed this is possible.
Protect Your Heart Over the Holidays
As you gather with you family to eat holiday treats and open gifts, don't forget about your heart. The excitement of the holidays means the tendency to overlook or skimp in protecting cardiovascular health.
Fighting Childhood Depression
Kids can have more than a down day; more and more information is coming forth to show the seriousness of childhood depression.
New Light on Stillbirths
A stillbirth is a traumatic event, and the underlying causes remain unknown in as many as half of them.
Cancer Hates These Healthy Holiday Treats
Take advantage of holiday merry making and entertaining to try your hand at some new ways to prepare cancer-fighting goodies.
Heart Failure Treatment Lowers Risk of Death
Patients with congestive heart failure can have a tough time finding an effective treatment. A recent study suggests cardiac re-synchronization therapy (CRT) may reduce re-hospitalization and the risk of dying.
Powerful Powder Improves Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis is associated with an increase of mucus production making it difficult to breathe normally. A new treatment may help improve lung function.
FDA Approves Combo Hypertension Treatment
U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials have approved new combination hypertension drug Edarbyclor , which combines azilsartan medoxomil and chlorthalidone .
An Added Punch to Combat Seizures
As some who suffer with it know, epilepsy can be difficult. The fear of seizures can itself be exhausting.