Powerful Rx Combo for Advanced Breast Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug to be used for postmenopausal women with advanced hormone-receptor positive and HER2-negative breast cancer.

Childhood Lupus Spreads to Other Organs

To best deal with complications of lupus in children, doctors need to know the natural course of the disease. If they can spot which young lupus patients are at risk, they can take steps to manage the disease closely.

Laxative Therapy Could Dry Up Bedwetting

More than 5 million children in the US wet their beds at night, according to the National Institutes of Health. But a common cause of bedwetting may be going undetected.

Police Stress is Unhealthy

Working as a police officer is stressful; so stressful, it turns out, that police officers may have a higher risk for a variety of physical and mental health problems.

Xigris Looked at Again for Sepsis

Last year a drug designed to treat patients with severe sepsis was yanked from the market after a large study's results showed no benefit. Guess what...a new study shows that no-longer-available drug may, in fact, offer an effective treatment.

Multiple Risk Factors Linked to Preemies

Marijuana is often thought of as a drug that causes relatively little harm compared to other street drugs. But that may not be the case if you're carrying a little one to term.

Diabetes Double-Whammy

The hormone insulin plays a key role in diabetes. When the body does not respond to insulin, blood sugar levels can rise, putting a person at risk for type 2 diabetes.

Schooling Bipolar Treatment

Patients with bipolar often continue therapy even when symptoms are mild, to try and avoid relapse.

Better Fix for Kids' Torn Knee

Older adults may not need surgery to fix a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL; the ligament that keeps the shin bone in place), but young children who have a lifetime of sports and activities ahead of them will. New research reports on the most recent techniques.

Clues for Cause of Esophageal Cancer

Like millions of people, you may have occasionally suffered from a bout of heartburn after eating spicy foods. But recurring heartburn can be a symptom of more serious health problems.

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