It's common for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to have trouble walking or maintaining balance. For most MS sufferers, this is the most difficult aspect of living with the disease.
Most people know the feeling; when the alarm clock goes off in the morning, you somehow feel tired even though you went to bed at a reasonable hour and feel like you got enough sleep.
Understanding how far cancer has spread is an important step in treating it. Imaging techniques can not only identify prostate cancer but can lead to better treatments.
Most of us are familiar with the dangers of high cholesterol, mainly in contributing to heart disease. The waxy, fat-like substance that occurs naturally in all parts of the body is necessary for you to function properly.
No one really believed that sitting on the sofa watching television was doing any favors for our fitness level. But instead could such sedentary activities be affecting our hearts?
Hoping to offer better guidance in treating essential tremors, the American Academy of Neurology has scrapped recommending treatment with certain seizure and schizophrenia drugs.
Taking steps to improve balance and gait when suffering from Parkinson's disease doesn't have to be boring. Playing physically active video games can be a fun way to reduce the physical declines of the disease.
There's just not much good news about fat. Now late-breaking research demonstrates yet another reason why there are no health gains in large weight gains.
A highly accurate pre-natal test for Down syndrome is now available. With only a sample of a woman's blood in the first or second trimester of pregnancy, the Down Syndrome genetic developmental disorder can be detected.
