Arthritis

Here’s What It Really Feels Like to Have Psoriasis

30 May 2016

Actress Ciena Rae Nelson took to Instagram last week to post a powerful message about psoriasis with a pair of side-by-side photos: On the left, her face during a flare-up, the red, scaly patches...

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...

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...

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...

Lung cancer

Revolutionary test could save the lives of thousands of smokers

25 Apr 2016

Shirley Dolan wasn't worried when her GP invited her to take part in a trial of a new blood test that screens for lung cancer. Despite having smoked up to 20 cigarettes a day for 45 years, the...

Parkinson's disease

Blood test to detect Parkinson's disease could lead to earlier treatment

25 Apr 2016

Researchers have developed the world’s first blood test that can detect the abnormal metabolism of blood cells in people with Parkinson’s disease, which means the blood test could be used to...

Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis

Critical to screen patients with rheumatoid arthritis for hearing impairment

25 Apr 2016

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune arthritis, affecting 1% of the general population. Despite its main articular manifestations, RA caninvolveextra-articular organs including the...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Diabetes: can you really eat to beat it?

25 Apr 2016 • 6 comments

Just over four years ago, my GP gave me unwelcome news: I had type 2 diabetes. I was shocked. I didn’t match the stereotypical patient profile of an overweight couch potato. Aged 59, I was thin,...

Prostate cancer

Regular exercise can help you survive prostate cancer better

25 Apr 2016 • 1 comment

Exercising regularly can prove to be a boon for prostate cancer patients and survivors, finds a new research. In a study by the Epidemiology Research Program at the American Cancer Society in...

Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis

Smoking Hikes Chances of Early Death for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

12 Apr 2016

Smoking increases the chances of early death in people with rheumatoid arthritis, but quitting smoking significantly reduces that risk, a new study suggests.   "This research provides important...

Multiple sclerosis

Plant peptide could prevent onset of multiple sclerosis

6 Apr 2016

MedUni Vienna has made a crucial development in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Together with his team and the research group led by Gernot Schabbauer, international partners from...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Diabetes drug linked to increased bladder cancer risk

1 Apr 2016

"The anti-diabetic drug pioglitazone raises the risk of bladder cancer by 63 per cent," The Daily Telegraph reports. While the actual increased risk in real-world terms is small, the results may help...