Health News Archive - July 26, 2012
Erectile dysfunction can be a red flag for heart disease in younger and middle-aged men, men with diabetes.
Complex, multi-system diseases like myotonic dystrophy – the most common adult form of muscular dystrophy – require physicians and patients to identify which symptoms impact quality of life and, consequently, what treatments should take priority.
A novel approach to gene therapy that instructs a person's own cells to produce more of a natural disease-fighting protein could offer a solution to treating many genetic disorders.
A new gene therapy approach can reverse hearing loss caused by a genetic defect in a mouse model of congenital deafness.
Women with diabetes are just as likely to be interested in, and engage in, sexual activity as non-diabetic women, but they are much more likely to report low overall sexual satisfaction, according to a UCSF study.
There are many factors that affect tumor invasion, the process where a tumor grows beyond the tissue where it first developed.
New research conducted by biologists at Texas A&M University suggests that ZOLOFT®, one of the most widely prescribed antidepressants in the world, also packs a potential preventative bonus — potent mechanisms capable of inhibiting deadly fungal infections.
SILVER SPRING, Md., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: UTHR) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. "I
