After a stroke it's common to suffer secondary damage in the days or weeks following the initial brain attack. A protein may be the key to preventing later damage to the brain.
For a pregnant woman, good sleep is important for both her own health and the development of her growing baby. Not getting enough quality sleep, especially in the first and third trimesters, increases a woman's risk for delivering her baby preterm.
When cancer begins to spread to other parts of the body, curing it can be quite problematic. New research has helped identify a key contributor in cancer growth.
While many people find that drugs can relieve their back pain, medical treatment is not always the best option. Sometimes some simple physical activity can do the trick.
For sickle cell disease patients, even everyday events can be difficult because of debilitating pain episodes and chronic organ damage. A trigger for producing normal red blood cells could lead to a treatment.
An unexpected finding in pythons may have implications for treating human heart disease. Fatty acids circulating in the blood streams of the snakes were found to promote heart growth--a discovery that could aid in development of treatments for humans.
Let's face it - being diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer is no picnic. It can be depressing. And survivors who suffer from depression often have more complicated recoveries. Researchers now know who is most vulnerable.
Rarely seen in the United States, nasopharyngeal carcinoma appears mostly in Southern China and Southeast Asia. Medical researchers have found a new and better method of treating this disease that substantially improves survival.
People with rheumatoid arthritis suffer from inflammation of the joints. That inflammation can spread to other organs, causing additional health problems. Atherosclerosis (hardened arteries) may be one of these problems.
