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The ARTEMIS device provides a new perspective for urologists and patients alike when looking at potential prostate cancer patients.

Using the ARTEMIS device may take a little longer than the traditional MRI for prostate cancer, but with more rapid results and easier to read monitors for the patients and doctors, the results show real benefit in overall diagnosis.

For many years traditional ultrasound has been the main method of diagnosing prostate cancer. In recent years new developments in technology have provided a more effective and efficient method that can provide nearly instantaneous results.

Study results indicate that the increasing rate and severity of obesity in western nations has rendered today's epinephrine autoinjectors an ineffective anaphylaxis treatment for many people.

Older children sometimes feel stimagized wearing emergency medical information (EMI) bracelets that alert caregivers to conditions like diabetes and hemophilia. That can be a problem for those treating them in an emergency. But Kristina Derrick, MD, a Bronx pediatric endocrinologist, has a better idea. Put the information on the kid's cell phone--a device that most children 8 years old and up have these days.

The FDA approved label warning changes for two Gilead Sciences hepatitis C drugs after one person died and nine others had serious reactions when the drugs were coadministered with amiodarone, a drug used to treat irregular heartbeat.

While children with HIV may have low levels of a key immune cell, a new study shows that most will recover the cell with proper treatment.

Although the relationship between pain and spatial representation is unclear, a study published in Current Biology took steps in understanding how pain is activated in the brain and raised the possibility of reducing the sensation.

Patients administered minimally invasive surgery (MIS) colon resection procedures instead of open surgery leave the hospital quicker and require less follow up with physicians and fewer medical prescriptions.

Researchers will no longer have to test Ebola virus vaccines using the virus strain from the 1976 Zaire outbreak because the results from phase 1 of a new trial are in.

Working in an emergency room setting in the United States, in almost all circumstances provides doctors with at least most of the major needs they require to do their jobs on a daily basis. One organization is working to bring those basic needs to hospitals throughout Latin America.

Women afflicted with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at higher risk for cervical dysplasia and cancer.

Making full use of its "breakthrough therapy" accelerated review protocol the US Food and Drug Administration in 2014 approved 51 new therapies, the most in 18 years.

Novel treatments for pulmonary conditions, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), may be in the cards with new research findings.

A 20-year analysis of children in southern CA showed increased regulation of pollutants - resulting in an improvement in air quality - has led to an improvement in their lung function and development.

The Disneyland measles outbreak is linked to vaccination rates being well below the heard immunity threshold, according to Boston University Hospital researchers.

The so-called "Doc Fix" bill to reform Medicare payments by repealing Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula appears poised for passage after receiving strong bipartisan support today in the House of Representatives.

An article recently published in Nature Genetics identified a gene responsible for allowing the tuberculosis (TB) pathogen to evade the immune system leading to infection.

A surgical procedure used to treat acute pulmonary embolisms (PE) that was phased out in the 1950's was found to actually prevent more deaths in severely ill patients than solely administering drug therapy, a study published in the Texas Heart Institute Journal suggested.

A recent study indicated that the diversity of animals which control parasite populations-such as dragonflies, damselflies, and aquatic bugs-influences the rate of disease transmission to humans and wildlife.

Researchers report that a medication that restores myelin for multiple sclerosis patients has proved successful in a phase 2 trial.

Extra genes can determine whether bacteria will be beneficial or harmful, according to researchers in Portugal.

By completing the largest ever map of the human genome, researchers believe they are one step closer to understanding diseases.

Patients with multiple sclerosis are influenced by their physicians' relationships with pharmaceutical companies and industry-sponsored clinical trials.

People with HIV are at a lower risk for developing multiple sclerosis, and HIV drugs may slow the progression of MS, according to research from the United Kingdom.

Putting an end to a lethal virus may mean going directly to the source, as one study suggests a possible approach to stopping the transmission of the Ebola virus.

The FDA approved a new vaccine combination that could mean one shot fewer for children getting their recommended routine vaccinations.

Mental health misdiagnoses are twice as likely for patients from socially disadvantaged groups, according to findings published in Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Mental disorders predispose patients to weight gain, regardless of age. Psychiatric patients are more likely to develop metabolic syndrome and the poor health consequences that follow. For the most part, older patients develop metabolic syndrome, but adolescents with mental illness do, too.

When it comes to a total knee replacement (TKR), gender proved to be an important factor in a new study that shows men have better function before and after the surgery.