Shock wave therapy uses sound energy waves to improve blood flow and promote healing. This treatment has been linked to reduced pain and overall symptom improvement for people with diabetic neuropathy ...

Cellulitis may have different symptoms depending on the type of bacteria involved and where on your body it affects. These factors may influence which antibiotics a doctor prescribes to treat ...

Arun Rath: This is GBH’s All Things Considered. I’m Arun Rath. A lot of us might assume electric shock therapy is a thing of the past. It's been widely condemned by organizations like the U.S.

Mood disorders include depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. These types of psychiatric disorders affect a person’s emotions and may cause severe lows, called depression, and highs, called mania ...

If you or someone you know experiences allergies, you've probably heard of the life-threatening reaction called anaphylactic shock. To help you better understand exactly what this condition is and how ...

Septic shock is the most severe complication of sepsis, which is a reaction to an infection. A person with sepsis may go into septic shock, which can cause organ failure and other life threatening ...

ALBANY — A state legislative proposal would stop the state from spending millions of dollars a year for the care of severely disabled New Yorkers at a Massachusetts center that uses shock treatments ...

“Anaphylactic shock is the most severe form of anaphylaxis,” says Inderpal Randhawa, MD, a board-certified allergist and pulmonologist and the founder of the Food Allergy Institute in Long Beach, ...

External-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is a treatment where radiation beams come from a source outside the body. Usually, it comes from a machine called a linear accelerator (also called a LINAC).

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center identified a new role for heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) in cancer predisposition and treatment resistance. Their discovery, published ...