From Diabetes Risk to Depression

Living with diabetes can take a toll on your mental health. Research has shown links between diabetes and depression. Now it even looks like people with early signs of diabetes may have a risk for depressive symptoms.

Search Your Cancer Away

If you’re reading this article, chances are you have a healthier attitude about cancer prevention. That is, you don’t link cancer with luck and/or fate. In other words, you're not a fatalistic about cancer.

Does New Drug Treat Parkinson’s Disease?

Current available drugs for Parkinson’s disease (PD) treat symptoms and improve function but do not slow or halt the progression of the disease. A new drug recently tested in a clinical trial may be changing that.

Battle of the Brain Trauma

Moods shift. Personalities change. Memories are difficult to form and recall. All are signs of the brain breaking down over time and researchers are getting a better understanding of how to diagnose the condition.

One Cancer - Many Diseases

Stomach cancer is not one disease, but many. Understanding the different types of this complex cancer could lead to improved treatments.

Loss of Control: Food, Drugs & Depression

Binge eating may be a predictor of marijuana and other drug use and depression. The good news is binge eating can be successfully treated.

A Sip? Drunk Minor? Not Ok

The debate about whether behavioral problems can be caused when minors have the occasional sip of alcohol continues. The tipping point may be the first time teens get drunk, and not when they have their first drink.

New Leukemia Rx Hits Market

Folks living with two types of blood cancer have new choices as of today. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Iclusig (ponatinib) to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL). 

Advanced Prostate Cancer Rx Being Reviewed

Men with metastatic prostate cancer may have a new treatment.  Radium-223 dichloride (radium-223) is designed to treat castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to the bone.

Cancer Coping with Mindful Art Therapy

The body and mind go hand-in-hand. Coping and managing stress are essential to beating disease and coming out on top. Mindful practices and artful expression may help.

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