Health ministries, U.S. government agencies, clinical experts and reproductive health professionals will convene in Bangkok through Dec. 7 to address cervical cancer prevention in low-resource settings.
Individuals who experience moderate to severe sleep-disordered breathing are four times more likely to have a stroke during the next four years than those who do not suffer from the problem.
Research in monkeys suggests that the perimenopause "“ the five to 10 years before a woman's menopause "“ is a critical time for preventing heart disease and osteoporosis.
Merck & Co., Inc. announced today that the Company submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) for GARDASIL® (quadrivalent human papillomavirus types 6, 11, 16, 18, recombinant vaccine) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 1, 2005.
The December tipsheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center includes tips on holiday safety for kids, as well as story ideas on Apo A-1 Milano research, minimally invasive surgery for patients with lung cancer, an IBS study, and more.
As families gather to exchange gifts this holiday season, experts and patients with the University of Michigan Transplant Center say it's the perfect time to talk about giving a gift that could give someone a second chance at life "“ becoming an organ and tissue donor.
For most medical students, the first two years of training are largely composed of lectures, labs and book-study. But an innovative student-run program at the U-M Medical School is helping first and second year medical students to see the human side of medicine by pairing them with pediatric patients.
This holiday, Carrie Lintner has a lot to celebrate: a new baby and her defeat of Hodgkin's lymphoma. But it wouldn't have been possible without a robot-assisted surgery at U-M that preserved Carrie's fertility by relocating her ovaries behind her uterus during her radiation treatments.
Lead-based paint and gasoline have been banned for sale in the U.S. for more than 25 years, but peeling paint in older homes are today still placing American children at risk for lead poisoning. That's why experts say it's so important for parents to find out if their child is at risk and get them tested.
Community-based case managers are much more effective than traditional government outreach and enrollment programs in obtaining insurance coverage for uninsured Latino children, according to a study.
A pilot study in the December issue of Pediatrics finds that many children with serious heart defects -- who are typically told they shouldn't exercise -- can benefit from cardiac rehabilitation programs, and that these programs are fun for kids and generally safe.
A child's weight may be influenced by his mother even before he is actually born, according to new research.
In Alaska, you are as likely to have a commuter car accident because of a moose as you are due to alcohol, a previous study suggests. A new study accounts for this unique situation, while further examining Alaska's occupational hazards from animal-related injuries.
People with high blood pressure and their doctors have a new reason to work at controlling this common but high-risk condition: As patients get older, they might otherwise have worse-than-normal problems with short-term memory and verbal ability.
New imaging research shows children with autism have virtually no activity in a key part of the brain's mirror neuron system while imitating and observing emotions. Symptoms of autism include difficulties with social interaction.
When should injured athletes be allowed to return to competition? Making these decisions is a core responsibility of team physicians and sport medicine doctors, yet they often find little guidance from medical research.
Contrary to the widely accepted explanation that the human heart is simply a pump, Mayo Clinic researchers have uncovered novel findings on how cardiac muscle operates.
New research suggests that patients who develop antibodies to the anti-clotting drug heparin nearly double their risk of death or serious complication after heart surgery.
Mental health experts estimate that about 80 percent of patients bring up their spiritual life during therapy but only about 15 percent of therapists are trained to work with that aspect of a patient's life to enhance healing.
Patients suffering from advanced head and neck cancer affecting their larynx can maintain vocal function by undergoing a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy instead of surgery to remove the larynx, according to a study.
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