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 ...

Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or back passage (rectal cancer). It is also called colorectal cancer.. Your treatment depends on whether you have colon or rectal cancer. Your ...

Cysticercosis is a leading cause of seizures worldwide and is a growing health problem in the United States (primarily due to immigration from Latin America). Treatment includes albendazole and ...

Whatever form it takes, successful treatment reverses the changes in brain circuitry that make substance use hard to control. Yet many factors other than biology must be addressed for treatment to ...

Françoise Mukandutiye, a 33-year-old resident of Kimonyi Sector in Musanze District, has spent nearly two decades battling podoconiosis, a neglected but preventable disease that causes swelling in the ...

Cysticercosis is a leading cause of seizures worldwide and is a growing health problem in the United States (primarily due to immigration from Latin America). Treatment includes albendazole and ...

Tissue cysts cause the infection cysticercosis, which are particularly dangerous when they occur in the brain or nervous system, an infection known as neurocysticercosis. The eggs may also mature ...

Over 1 billion people are impacted by neglected tropical diseases. Devex explores what WHO’s updated road map means and ...

Towards the end of life, you might want to make decisions about your care. This includes any instructions for refusing treatment. It can sometimes be very difficult to know what care and treatment to ...

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 ...