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A wide-ranging discussion of the basics of cerebral aneurysm disease and clinical management basics for general practitioners, ER physicians and others.

Patient testimonies and demonstration of the breakthrough PhotoMedex XTRAC laser developed for treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo, and atopic dermatitis.

Ever wondered the details of how the body digests food? This short informational video will educate you.

Dr. Kumar gives a detailed discussion on Irritable Bowel Syndrome; what the symptoms are, and how it can be treated.

It is estimated more than two million men are living with prostate cancer in the United States, with about one in six expected to get the disease at some point in their lives, according to the American Cancer Society. Thankfully, new treatment technologies are making surviving the disease more likely than ever. But there’s a catch — more and more Americans are too large to be treated using traditional equipment.

This report shows some drug free, all natural remedies that may help to keep your diabetes under better control.

During the summer months, we can suffer terribly from our allergies. So is spending more time indoors with window air conditioners a good idea?

Scientists are trying to use stem cells after a heart attack to help re-build damaged heart tissue, but they’ve had trouble measuring if & how well the heart responds. Now, a tiny, high-tech tattoo on the heart can show the information they need.

A new study just released at the American Stroke Association’s international Stroke Conference, 2008, announced the relationship between waist circumference, weight, HbA1C and risk for stroke in women aged 35-64. Previous studies revealed that stroke prevalence in women in their midlife was more than twice that of men according to Dr. Towfighi, MD, assistant professor at the Neurology Department at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

To determine if this was a continuing trend, researchers looked at the data from NHANESIII taken in the years between 1999-2004. NHANES is the National Health and Nutrition Survey. Researchers did find a similar relationship in the more recent data taken from the NHANES III 1999-2004 study. It was found that 1.79 % of women aged 35-54 who participated in this study reported having a stroke while only .63 of the women who participated in the earlier NHANES study (1988-1994) reported having a stroke.