Category: Disease

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – AURORA, Colo. — Iloprost, a drug used regularly to treat high blood pressure in the lungs, has been found to significantly improve the damage in former smokers, according to results of a multicenter Phase II clinical trial led by the University of Colorado Cancer Center. The results of the study were presented Aug. 2 at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer meeting in San Francisco.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – AURORA, Colo. — Iloprost, a drug used regularly to treat high blood pressure in the lungs, has been found to significantly improve the damage in former smokers, according to results of a multicenter Phase II clinical trial led by the University of Colorado Cancer Center. The results of the study were presented Aug. 2 at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer meeting in San Francisco.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS – The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers said.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS – The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers said.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR, Mich., — A new study from Thomson Reuters found that patients with bipolar disorder were at greater risk for a wide range of medical conditions than a control group of patients with no mental health diagnoses.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ANN ARBOR, Mich., — A new study from Thomson Reuters found that patients with bipolar disorder were at greater risk for a wide range of medical conditions than a control group of patients with no mental health diagnoses.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Grammy Award-winner LeAnn Rimes is calling on lawmakers to help find a cure for psoriasis so not another child will have to face what she did growing up with this disease.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Grammy Award-winner LeAnn Rimes is calling on lawmakers to help find a cure for psoriasis so not another child will have to face what she did growing up with this disease.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Those living with or caring for someone with a chronic disease know about the challenges of managing the condition on a day-to-day basis. Life with a chronic disease requires special considerations. Hemophilia, a rare inherited bleeding disorder, makes patients predisposed to prolonged bleeding and, in severe cases, can be fatal if left untreated. However, disease management options are available.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Those living with or caring for someone with a chronic disease know about the challenges of managing the condition on a day-to-day basis. Life with a chronic disease requires special considerations. Hemophilia, a rare inherited bleeding disorder, makes patients predisposed to prolonged bleeding and, in severe cases, can be fatal if left untreated. However, disease management options are available.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DURHAM, N.C. — An osteoporosis drug proven to save lives after hip fractures may do so by strengthening the body’s immune system, according to geriatrics researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DURHAM, N.C. — An osteoporosis drug proven to save lives after hip fractures may do so by strengthening the body’s immune system, according to geriatrics researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS – People with Parkinson’s disease have significantly higher blood levels of a particular pesticide than healthy people or those with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS – People with Parkinson’s disease have significantly higher blood levels of a particular pesticide than healthy people or those with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)- A dose of information could be one of the keys to helping women diagnose and treat lupus sooner.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)- A dose of information could be one of the keys to helping women diagnose and treat lupus sooner.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The risk of contracting Lyme disease from bacteria transmitted by ticks heightens in the summer months as people spend more time outdoors hiking, camping, and playing in the yard explains Daniel Hussar, PhD, Remington Professor of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The risk of contracting Lyme disease from bacteria transmitted by ticks heightens in the summer months as people spend more time outdoors hiking, camping, and playing in the yard explains Daniel Hussar, PhD, Remington Professor of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS – An enzyme that naturally occurs in the brain helps destroy the mutated protein that is the most common cause of inherited Parkinson’s disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DALLAS – An enzyme that naturally occurs in the brain helps destroy the mutated protein that is the most common cause of inherited Parkinson’s disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.