I have bone spurs on my hipbone and have been told I will need a total hip replacement. Are there any treatments for my condition (including alternative remedies) that may prevent the need for an operation?
Can Sudafed increase blood pressure?
My son has bright pink fingernails. It looks like he has bright nail polish on. Is this normal?
Research into autism disorders has found evidence that genetic factors play an important role in the disorder’s development. Meanwhile, others are looking for behaviroal indicators in babies that could lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment.
Generalized anxiety disorder is one of the more common mental illnesses affecting older people. Medication may not be the best treatment option because older patients tend to be more prone to side effects.
A survey of women who had recently been diagnosed with depression found that at least half of them had opted for an alternative form of treatment, such as massage or yoga, in addition to conventional forms of treatment such as medication and therapy.
People with borderline personality disorder may benefit from a new form of therapy that helps patients learn how to properly mentalize, or make emotional sense of their thoughts and feelings in relation to others.
People with Parkinson’s disease may get worse at a slower pace if they have high levels of a substance called urate in their blood. That’s the conclusion of a study of 800 people with mild Parkinson’s. People with high urate levels were only half as likely as others to get much worse in a two-year period. They lost fewer brain cells that produce a substance called dopamine. Therefore, they did not need medicine to replace it. Researchers are planning another study that will give patients a supplement called inosine. The body converts inosine to urate. USA Today wrote about the study April 16. It was in the journal Archives of Neurology.
Before the start of a migraine attack, I see balls or circles of transparent light. Is this a common symptom?
Is there a new, minimally invasive hip replacement procedure?