THE UK is only “one step away” from a major medication shortage because of the Middle East conflict, health industry leaders ...

Dr Anjali Pathak describes ten frequent requests received by her advice and guidance service and explains how they should be ...

Pharmacists have urged Wes Streeting to stockpile medicines that may run out because of Iran’s blockade on the Strait of ...

Former President Joe Biden is undergoing a new phase of treatment for an aggressive form of cancer that was diagnosed in May, a spokesperson said Saturday. "As part of a treatment plan for prostate ...

Victor Sung, M.D., director of the Division of Movement Disorders in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurology and director of the UAB Huntington’s Disease Clinic, reacted to the ...

A new treatment that proves to slow the progression of Huntington’s disease (HD) marks a breakthrough for a condition that has long been considered untreatable. Huntington’s is a rare, inherited ...

A gene therapy injected into patients’ brains slowed progression of the disease by 75 percent, preliminary findings reported. By Dana G. Smith Preliminary results from a small clinical trial to treat ...

With informed consent, you generally have the right to seek a second opinion or refuse treatment unless refusing poses a danger to the community or a court of law declares you “mentally incompetent.” ...

Credit: Getty Images A literature review of nonpharmacologic treatments for patients with schizophrenia and comparison recommendations in the 2020 American Psychiatric Association Practice (APA) ...

Turning 90 is prompting me to finally become a responsible adult. A functioning member of society — beginning with obeying a doctor’s orders! That’s a low bar — but I’ve got to start somewhere. For ...

New cancer research pioneered by Memorial Sloan Kettering points to a strong alternative to chemotherapy, surgery and radiation for some forms of cancer. Nearly 80% of patients who suffered from a ...