My mother is having angina when she exerts herself. She is scheduled for an angiogram and maybe angioplasty. I’ve heard that women’s heart disease is different from men’s and that angioplasty may not be as effective in women. Should she get the angiogram?
Several companies are offering genetic testing kits for sale to the public, but they are expensive and may not offer any useful information beyond what people can already learn from their own doctors.
The dust in a typical house is likely to contain allrergens like pet hair and dander, or chemicals and poisons like lead or arsenic that make their way in from outdoors.
Men with advanced prostate cancer that has started growing again after androgen-deprivation therapy may benefit from a new immunotherapy treatment.
People who want to look younger have a number of options for nonsurgical treatments for the face, such as injections of dermal fillers or laser treatments.
Hepatitis C is caused by a virus, but it can go undetected for years or even decades because there are often no symptoms. If left untreated, the virus can cause inflammation of liver tissue that can lead to cirrhosis.
Researchers used a driving simulator to explore why talking on a cell phone while driving is more distracting than talking to a passenger in the car.
A survey of hundreds of thousands of Americans found that people in middle and older age were happier overall than younger people.
What is catatonia? You hardly hear about it anymore. Has it been cured?
It is estimated that 1 of 150 children is affected by an autism spectrum disorder. There are no biological tests to identify ASDs, so diagnosis is a challenge.