When a person suffers from diabetes, he also suffers from some amountof blood circulation problems, which results in various kinds of skinproblems especially on the legs.

Collagen makes up almost 70 per cent of the skin's dermis. As it depletes with age, a person tends to look older. Now, a new dermal filler, Evolence , is all set to take the market by storm. Manufactured by

For the more than 700,000 people who experience a stroke each year, many never regain the ability to walk like they did prior to their stroke. But physical therapists, using a specialized treadmill, have discovered a new way to help

Older corneas seem to transplant as well as younger ones, says a major new study that promises to expand the age of cornea donation to 75.

A new trial did not find any evidence that the drug actually slowed disease progression, although it did show a decrease in one measure of plaque build-up in arteries.

The researchers found that tissue from donors aged 66 to 75 had the same five-year success rate (86 percent) as corneas from donors aged 12 to 65.

But, the leader of the study still sees plenty of encouraging news in the research and is not necessarily ruling out the use of those heart-shocking devices in the home.

In response to this growing epidemic, the United Nations' General Assembly on Monday approved the first ever conference on road safety, to be held next year in Russia.

Here are some good food sources of potassium, says the American Academy of Family Physicians:

We've got a big problem," said Daniel S. Goldberg, chief policy adviser for the report. "And it's extremely urgent that we fix it. Because we're trying to figure out how to streamline health care and make people healthy, of course.

Researchers looked at Medicare beneficiaries with schizophrenia in Maine before, during and after a policy that required patients to use an authorized medication (step treatment) before they were permitted to be prescribed drugs not on the preferred list. They were

Here are guidelines to keep in mind when selecting a sitter, courtesy of the University of Michigan Health System:

Incorporating genetic information known as gene expression signatures with clinical and other risk factors for breast cancer may help refine estimates of relapse-free survival and predicted response to chemotherapy, according to a study in the April 2 issue of JAMA."The

Use of MC-1 (a naturally occurring metabolite of vitamin B6) before and for 30 days after coronary artery bypass graft surgery did not reduce the risk of heart attack or cardiovascular death, according to a JAMA study being released early

A catheter-mounted device that acts like a clothespin to clip together the flaps of a leaky heart valve is not only reducing the abnormal backflow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium, it is helping to shrink

The anti-obesity medication rimonabant showed mixed results in slowing progression of coronary artery disease in patients with abdominal obesity and pre-existing coronary disease, according to a new study in the April 2 issue of JAMA. The study is being released

A group led by Dr Valter Longo of the University of Southern California found that fasting toughens up healthy cells but not cancer cells. Chemotherapy has many side-effects because the drugs also kill healthy body cells. Scientists have long been

According to a report in New Scientist, the research involved the survey of nearly 3,000 Lebanese civilians to measure the effects of war on the prevalence of mental illness. Though it is a well-known fact that war can leave its

Researchers from the University of Oxford and the Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, have offered new insights into the pathogenesis of this fatal disease and suggested possible preventive therapeutic targets. Huntington's disease affects up to one person in every

In fact, the researchers from Kings College London and the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle, said that the neuroleptics did not offer any benefit to patients having mild behavioural problems, but they did result in a significant deterioration in verbal