Art lovers may have an advantage when it comes to recovering from a stroke. Stroke survivors with an appreciation for music, painting or theater tend to have a significantly increased quality of life.

Patients who receive coronary stents to prop open blocked arteries are at an added long-term risk of dying if they suffer from depression.

On top of their doctor-prescribed treatments, many adults with arthritis choose to use natural remedies to deal with their pain. Natural treatments also seem to be a popular option among young arthritis patients.

While no systemic treatment currently exists for liver cancer ( hepatocellular carcinoma), a series of experiments in rats has identified viable target worthy of further investigation. A gene called   LSF (Late SV40 Factor) may be a target in liver cancer that drugs could be developed to target and wipe out. Ask your oncologist about isoquinolinone therapy. Every cancer has a series of common mutations that predispose the transformation from normal cell to cancer. These genes are called oncogenes . Some cancers have a unique profile with specific oncogenes for that cancer, or m...

Acclarent , Inc initiated a recall of their balloon catheter device designed to dilate and restore airflow to a patient's airways.

Women who have already had one cesarean section may be better off planning to have another for their next child instead of attempting a vaginal birth.

Melanoma, or the cancerous transformation of a mole, can be treated when caught early. Unfortunately, not all melanomas are visible, and those appearing underneath a fingernail or inside the mouth may escape notice until it's too late.

Inflammation is common in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD ). Researchers are now using inflammation to better predict COPD mortality. Using biological indicators of inflammation, in addition to established predictors of COPD mortality, may improve COPD mortality prediction. Improving the mortality prediction will give the patient a more accurate time line of survival, which is important for treatment purposes and for the quality of life for the COPD sufferer. Ask your doctor about risk factors associated with COPD . The study was led by Bartolome Celli , M.D., from...

Chlamydia is the most common and among the most easily treated sexually transmitted diseases, but barely over a third of sexually active women are screened for it each year.

For a patient with recurring glioma (a type of brain cancer) who has already had surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, few options remain. That may be about to change thanks to a virus.