SAN FRANCISCO – The greater benefits of laparoscopic gastric banding surgery compared with medical treatment for obese patients were maintained for up to 17 years in a study of data on 1,490...
WASHINGTON – A large proportion of female triathletes who responded to a national Web-based survey have symptoms of pelvic floor disorders, and one in four screened positive for the female athlete...
COPENHAGEN – Losing a spouse has been associated with the broken heart syndrome and other adverse health outcomes, but the loss seems to have a paradoxical effect on the development of dementia.
An...
NEW YORK – A research consortium in psoriatic arthritis has been recently organized by a group of researchers at academic centers hoping to accelerate data collection by pooling resources.
Formed...
NEW YORK – A research consortium in psoriatic arthritis has been recently organized by a group of researchers at academic centers hoping to accelerate data collection by pooling resources.
Formed...
GAITHERSBURG, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel agreed that a device that thermally ablates the prostate gland using high-intensity focused ultrasound should not be approved for...
LAS VEGAS – Adult survivors of childhood cancer treated with high-dose cisplatin or high-dose ifosfamide are at markedly increased risk for chronic renal impairment, according to a large Dutch study...
COEUR D’ALENE, ID. – Pediatric chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus transforms into systemic disease in one-quarter of cases, and if it’s going to do so, it’ll typically be within the first year...
COEUR D’ALENE, ID. – Pediatric chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus transforms into systemic disease in one-quarter of cases, and if it’s going to do so, it’ll typically be within the first year...
WASHINGTON – Women are not seeking care for even moderate to severe urinary incontinence because they have a fear of treatment and lack knowledge of the etiology of the condition and available...