In late-stage Parkinson’s disease, the drug levodopa becomes less effective in treating symptoms because of the inexorable loss of dopamine-releasing
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Infrared light therapy might aid dementia patients
Infrared light therapy might have the potential to help people living with dementia, according to researchers. A pilot study, led
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Over a third of shock therapy patients given treatment without consent
More than a third of electroconvulsive therapy patients received the treatment without giving consent, new study suggests Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT),
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Microbial therapy for fatty liver
One in four adults has fatty liver, which means that excess fat has accumulated in their liver cells, and the
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Shockwave therapy could help with several ‘difficult to treat’ disorders
Shockwave therapy—used as a last resort to treat wounds that do not heal with conventional treatments—could have other, previously unknown
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Novel therapy shows promise for lung cancer patients with rare EGFR mutation
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States, regardless of ethnicity.
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Gene therapy breakthrough offers hope to children with rare and fatal brain disease
Scientists and doctors at University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) and Great Ormond
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Gene therapy more cost effective than current treatments for hemophilia B
A St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital analysis found a major gap between the cost to manufacture and distribute hemophilia B
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Triple-drug therapy safely cuts serious asthma flares
Researchers have found that the inclusion of a third drug to commonly used dual-drug inhalers can reduce asthma exacerbations and
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Physical therapy visit for knee injury was first step toward his quadruple bypass
James “Pete” Watt walked into a physical therapy appointment in April 2018 feeling unusually lightheaded and anxious. “I just felt
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