The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded approval for Johnson & Johnson’s nasal spray, Spravato, to allow it to be used as a standalone treatment for patients with severe depression ...

Lung cancer survival without treatment is shorter than survival with treatment. People with untreated non-small cell lung cancer—the most common type—typically live between five and 12 months after ...

Although low blood pressure (otherwise known as hypotension) rarely requires treatment, it may need so if there are symptoms like severe dizziness or fainting. The treatment varies by the cause and ...

Among the common diseases of the heart, none has been so resistant to treatment and so invariably fatal as subacute bacterial endocarditis. Although isolated cures occurred before the introduction ...

This is the second most common indication for surgery [8] and encompasses persistent bacteremia, extension of perivalvular infection and resistant organisms. An important distinction is the ...

Treatment for sleep apnea aims to improve your breathing during sleep and reduce the risk of underlying health concerns. Common options include CPAP machines, oral devices, and lifestyle measures ...

She says the approach also reduces the influence of age, gender and ethnicity on diagnosis and treatment decisions for obesity. “The concept allows patient tailored treatment strategies such as ...

[10] By contrast, nafcillin, a semisynthetic penicillin extensively used as the drug of choice for treatment of a number of meticillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) infections such as endocarditis ...

For both reasons, each person’s treatment plan will be different. Read on to learn about the types of MS treatments available. Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) can reduce the frequency and ...

Results of preliminary studies suggest that certain cephalosporin C derivatives may be useful in the treatment of bacterial endocarditis. 11–15 Both cephalothin and cephaloridine have the ...

These may include: Surgery and/or radiation therapy may be useful in certain situations (see below). Treatment can often shrink tumors (or slow their growth), improve symptoms, and help some women ...

Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or the back passage (rectal cancer). Your treatment depends on whether you have colon or rectal cancer, as well as the stage of your cancer.