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About one out of seven female veterans of Afghanistan or Iraq who visit a Veterans Affairs center for medical care report being ...

The uncontrolled movements that characterize Huntington's disease make it difficult for Sheryl Monkemeyer to ride in a car, but ...

Baylor College of medicine neurologist Joseph Jankovic is a patient man. It took him more than two decades to interest a U.S. ...

The annual cost of prescription diabetes drugs nearly doubled to $12.5 billion between 2001 and 2007, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of medicine and the University of Chicago. the researchers say the findings raise questions about whether the higher cost actually translates into improved care and better outcomes.

An international trial found that the new drug tociluzumab, when given in combination with methotrexate, was fast, effective and reasonably tolerated compared to placebo in treating patients with rheumatoid arthritis that had not responded to TNF therapy.

Statins, the class of drugs commonly used for lowering cholesterol, are now showing promise at preventing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or blood clots, an affliction that occurs in nearly 2 million Americans each year.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Americans with diabetes nearly doubled their spending on drugs for the disease in just six years, with the bill last year climbing to an eye-popping $12.5 billion....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is stopping part of a major study of whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer - because the supplements aren't working and there's a hint of risk....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drug-resistant staph bacteria picked up in ordinary community settings are increasingly acquiring "superbug" powers and causing far more serious illnesses than they have in the past, doctors reported Monday. These widespread germs used to be easier to treat than the dangerous forms of staph found in hospitals and nursing homes....

The F.D.A. regularly allows devices to market after only cursory review and without clear evidence they help.