Adding hormone therapy to radiation therapy has been proven in randomized clinical trials to improve overall survival for men with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer. However, adding hormone therapy may reduce overall survival in men with pre-existing heart conditions, even if they have high-risk prostate cancer acco…

Researchers claim that fat people, who lose weight either by dieting or exercising, will put it all back on again within a year. Their study of 25,000 people provides further evidence of the prevalence of “yo-yo dieting” where slimmers get into a cycle of losing weight and regaining it, reports the Daily Mail . Th…

Aerobic activity may help keep the brain young, says a new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. In the study, physically active elderly people showed healthier cerebral blood vessels. Researchers led by Elizabeth Bullitt, M.D., Van L. Weatherspoon Distinguished Professor of neurosu…

Scientists have found a new contributor to male infertility, a protein that is supposed to coat sperm to help them swim to an egg, unless that coating goes missing. About 20 percent of men may harbor gene mutations that leave their sperm coat-free and thus lower their fertility, an international research team reported Wednesd…

Children and adults with social withdrawal due to Fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability and the most common known single gene cause of autism, may benefit from an experimental drug under study by pediatric neurologists at Rush Children’s Hospital at Rush University Medical Center. Ru…