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Getting Football Players Back on the Field
You've seen it happen many times, from the safety of your couch. You're watching football, and a tough tackle lands a player flat on his back. But the next game, he's back in action.
Severity of Stroke Predicts Risks
Stroke patients with the most severe types of blockages are significantly less likely to survive the first month as compared to those who suffer a mild stroke.
Rebels With A Cause of Grey Brain Matter
You make choices everyday. From what shoes you will wear to who you will vote for, your decisions shape you as a person. But how are your choices influenced by the opinions of those around you?
A Faster Way to Treat Seizures
Prolonged seizures, called status epilepticus - a seizure that lasts more than five minutes – are serious, dangerous conditions that require immediate medical attention.
Infertility - an Advantage Against Prostate Cancer
Children are the future, as they say. But new research into prostate cancer shows, maybe your children say something about your future, too.
Roche’s Zelboraf Receives EU Approval for Treatment of Skin Cancer
Roche today announced that the European Commission has approved Zelboraf ( vemurafenib ) as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer.
Visiting Asthma at Home is a Success
Children in low-income areas have an increased risk of developing asthma. A new community-based program has been successful in helping to control asthma.
FDA Addressing Critical Cancer Drug Shortage
The drug shortage that began in 2011 has had a tremendous impact on cancer drugs, leaving some lifesaving medications in dangerously short supply. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a series of steps to deal with this crisis.
New Blood Test Detects Pancreatic Cancer Earlier
Pancreatic cancer is difficult to treat because it is generally not discovered until it has already metastasized. A new test may help detect pancreatic cancer in the early stages.
Nothing Medieval About Gout
Not just something for the history books, gout is all too real. One in ten Americans over the age of 70 will experience at least one attack of gout, something gout patients generally describe as the worst pain imaginable. High amounts of a molecule called uric acid can crystallize in joints, causing a very painful inflammation in the big toe or a knuckle. Over time, a knot can build, called a tophus . While sometimes caused by severe kidney problems, cancer treatment or by some kinds of medications, blaming gout symptoms on a diet rich in meat and alcohol is not quite accurate. The ...
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