In patients, the bodys natural defenses against disease seem to attack the person they are supposed to protect.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

Researchers say they observed shortages in the brain's reward system in patients with A.D.H.D.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

"It's still possible that in certain patients, measuring these biomarkers would be helpful.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

In patients with MS, the covering of the nerves is destroyed.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

In patients with MS, the myelin becomes infected.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

But some doctors are reporting femur fractures in patients taking bisphosphonates.

VOA: standard.2010.03.14

In other words, we and others will be looking at ways to raise ferroportin in cancer cells, and that might be an important target for breast cancer treatment and eventually a treatment that can be used in patients."

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

The American College of Cardiology says one in five patients who receive angioplasty has already had heart bypass surgery.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

They said turmeric also has been shown to reduce evidence of damage in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

The researchers said turmeric has been shown to reduce evidence of damage in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

Professor Christiano says the next step is to repeat the study in future research, with a larger number of patients.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

So for the ten patients in the study, doctors used a low amount of radiation to destroy only some of their marrow.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

And a program in Peru sends text messages to patients with H.I.V., reminding them to take their medicines.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

For every increase of five degrees Celsius in air temperature, the patients had a seven and one-half percent higher risk of migraine.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

Doctor Thomas helped Doctor Allam organize the mummy study to find out what modern methods could show about heart disease in ancient patients.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

Until now the drug melarsoprol was used to treat patients in the advanced stage of sleeping sickness.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

And research continues. A new study has shown that aspirin can improve survival in colon cancer patients.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

In fact,the patients who had the treatment reported an average gain of nearly five hours each day of good control of their symptoms.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

As part of her duties, Kathleen Foley studied treatment of patients dying of cancer in the hospital.

VOA: special.2009.02.10