TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- About two-thirds of all cases of the most common form of glaucoma are linked to type 2 diabetes, U.S. researchers report.
(HealthDay News) -- Wandering is a common but dangerous symptom of Alzheimer's disease -- a degenerative disease of the brain that affects memory and cognition.
(HealthDay News) -- Tremors are uncontrolled, involuntary movement of any part of the body -- often the hands.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with a non-surgical technique called thermal ablation can provide some terminal lung cancer patients with a few extra years of life, a U.S. study finds.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors say they've come up with a cheaper but equally effective means of battling an infection of the lining of the lungs in children.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- A treatment that promotes the regrowth of injured spinal cord nerves has proven successful in rats, U.S. researchers report.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity surgery has become increasingly popular, but deciding on the right procedure can be a tough choice.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- The front air bags now installed in cars offer as much protection as first-generation air bags but are less likely to kill children or small adults when they deploy, a U.S. government study finds.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- A specific gene variant has a major impact on the risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss in the elderly, Dutch researchers report.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- The authors of a new study linking migraines with aura to an increased risk for heart woes came under attack Tuesday by the editor of the medical journal that published their research the same day.
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are under age 50, are premenopausal, or have thicker breast tissue seem to benefit more from digital mammography than traditional breast cancer detection methods that use film, according to new research involving over 50,000 women.
(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Implanon (etonogestrel implant), a rod-shaped implantable female contraceptive that lasts up to three years, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, manufacturer Organon USA said Tuesday.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Powerful drug 'cocktails' that suppress HIV have dramatically reduced the number of opportunistic infections in HIV-positive children in the United States, a new study finds.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials have approved the only long-term implantable birth-control product for the American market.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Nutritional supplements and other dietary changes may do little to help cancer patients alter the course of their illness, according to a major review of research on the subject.
TUESDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Women aged 45 and older who have migraines with aura are at an increased risk for heart attacks, strokes, angina and death due to cardiovascular disease.
MONDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of all cancer deaths are preventable.
(HealthDay News) -- If you're diabetic, you already know that regularly checking your blood sugar is one of the most important ways to prevent dangerously high or low blood sugar levels.
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