Germany - Quickened breathing or whistling sounds while inhaling may indicate a serious infection of a child’s airways, said the German Federal Association of Pneumologists (BdP).
Germany - Quickened breathing or whistling sounds while inhaling may indicate a serious infection of a child’s airways, said the German Federal Association of Pneumologists (BdP).
CHICAGO – A screening schedule that alternates between a breast MRI and a mammogram every six months may do a better job of spotting early cancers in high-risk women than an annual exam, US researchers said on Saturday.
NEW YORK – Almost half of college-age Americans have suffered from some type of mental health problem in the past year, but few seek treatment, a survey finds.
SAN ANTONIO – New research adds fresh hope that a drug that strengthens bones might also fight breast cancer.
WASHINGTON – About four in 10 US adults and one in nine children are turning to unconventional medical approaches for chronic pain and other health problems, health officials said on Wednesday.
NEW YORK – Being overweight or obese may increase the likelihood of having severe headaches and migraines, new study findings suggest. An increased prevalence of headache may be associated with being underweight as well.
ATLANTA - Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world’s top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts reported Tuesday.
CHICAGO - Healthy people are increasingly turning to brain-enhancing drugs like Ritalin to boost their performance in school or at work, researchers said on Monday.
WASHINGTON - A new type of imaging compound can literally light up spreading cancer cells and may offer a way to track the deadly spread of the disease, Japanese and U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
LAS VEGAS – It’s one of those photos that make you do a double-take. Dr. Jeffry Life stands in jeans, his shirt off. His face is that of a distinguished-looking grandpa; his head is balding, and what hair there is is white. But his 69-year-old body looks like it belongs to a muscle-bound 30-year-old.