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Persistent Childhood Asthma Linked to Early COPD

COPD

Persistent Childhood Asthma Linked to Early COPD

17 May 2016 • 1 comment

Persistent childhood asthma may be linked to earlier development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to results from the Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP) study...

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Matt Lucas: 'I had no hair, asthma and was gay. School was tough'

Claustrophobia

Matt Lucas: 'I had no hair, asthma and was gay. School was tough'

16 May 2016 • 2 comments

We asked the actor Matt Lucas, 42, what his younger self would think if he could see him now...    When I was a boy, there were three things I thought I might do. The dream was to be a stage actor...

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Testosterone therapy does not raise risk of aggressive prostate cancer

Prostate cancer

Testosterone therapy does not raise risk of aggressive prostate cancer

10 May 2016

Men with low levels of the male sex hormone testosterone need not fear that testosterone replacement therapy will increase their risk of prostate cancer.   This is the finding of an analysis of more...

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8 things I wish people understood about having Type 1 diabetes

Diabetes (Type 1)

8 things I wish people understood about having Type 1 diabetes

10 May 2016

I was 25 and in the middle of my second year of law school when I started feeling tired, thirsty, and hungry. I had blurry vision all the time. I was lucky — I mentioned this to a friend, and she...

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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Risks and Benefits of Chemotherapy Treatments

Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Risks and Benefits of Chemotherapy Treatments

9 May 2016 • 16 comments

Chemotherapy is most often associated with cancer treatment, but it is also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder in which your own body mounts an immune...

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Breast cancer: Scientists hail 'milestone' genetic find

Breast cancer

Breast cancer: Scientists hail 'milestone' genetic find

9 May 2016

Scientists say they now have a near-perfect picture of the genetic events that cause breast cancer. The study, published in Nature, has been described as a "milestone" moment that could help unlock...

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Yoga may have health benefits for people with asthma

Asthma

Yoga may have health benefits for people with asthma

3 May 2016

A new Cochrane Review, published in the Cochrane Library today, suggests that yoga may have a beneficial effect on symptoms and quality of life in people with asthma, but effects on lung function and...

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Strict Diet May Eliminate Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Strict Diet May Eliminate Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes

3 May 2016

Many times overeating can help bring on type 2 diabetes.   It turns out that the opposite — a strict diet — might be the answer to that progressive, debilitating disease.   In a study published in...

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Psoriasis and obesity may share genetic source

Arthritis

Psoriasis and obesity may share genetic source

3 May 2016

Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease that affects 2-3 percent of white people globally. It has been associated with obesity, diabetes and other features of metabolic syndrome.   The...

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New cancer drugs could treat lethal resistant prostate cancers

Prostate cancer

New cancer drugs could treat lethal resistant prostate cancers

2 May 2016

Men with aggressive prostate cancer that has stopped responding to conventional treatment could potentially benefit from a new class of cancer drug designed to overcome drug resistance, a new study...

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Maggies Fish Pie

Maggies Fish Pie

30 Apr 2016

In the kitchen: read the "Maggies Fish Pie" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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Parasitic Worms May Restore Balance To Gut Microbiome In People With Crohn's Disease

Crohn's disease

Parasitic Worms May Restore Balance To Gut Microbiome In People With Crohn's Disease

25 Apr 2016

A worm in the gut may help people living with certain types of Crohn’s disease get out of their rut, suggests a new study published Wednesday in Science.   The authors recruited laboratory mice to...

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