Heavy Kids Face Future Kidney Risks
Overweight and obese teens are more likely to develop renal failure later in life, a population-based study from Israel showed. Overweight at age 17 was associated with a three-fold elevated ...
Overweight and obese teens are more likely to develop renal failure later in life, a population-based study from Israel showed. Overweight at age 17 was associated with a three-fold elevated ...
Ninety million American adults read below high school levels, so the National Institutes of Health recommends that patient-education materials be written at the fourth-through-sixth grade level. But a Loyola University ...
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have found that men with prostate cancer who receive androgen deprivation therapy may predictably suffer from fatigue if they ...
Deciding the ideal treatment for patients with metastatic prostate cancer that stops responding to initial therapy could be guided by certain analyses of cancer cells isolated from the patients’ blood, ...
The popular supplement saw palmetto may be safe for men with urinary symptoms, a new study finds - but whether it actually works is a whole other matter. Saw palmetto ...
Research at a Scottish university has questioned the effectiveness of cranberry juice in protecting women against a painful bladder infection. Cranberry juice is said to alleviate cystitis, a stinging inflammation ...
Active surveillance of small kidney masses is a safe and effective alternative to immediate surgery, with similar overall and cancer specific survival rates, according to a study published in the ...
In a pilot study assessing the effect of different levels of chloride in intravenous fluids administered to critically ill patients in an intensive care unit, restricting the amount of chloride ...
Men who had high levels of the activated Stat5 protein in their prostate cancer after a radical prostatectomy were more likely to have a recurrence or die from the disease ...
Currently, large doses of chemotherapy are required when treating certain forms of cancer, resulting in toxic side effects. The chemicals enter the body and work to destroy or shrink the ...