Medication treatment for COPD usually involves inhaled medications, such as beta agonists like albuterol or long-acting forms of similar medicines like formoterol. Inhaled anticholinergic agents, like ...

Cockroach infestations don’t just bring creepy crawlers, they fill homes with allergens and bacterial toxins that can trigger ...

New Mexico is home to various types of cockroaches, including German, brown banded, American, and Oriental, according to New Mexico Department of Health. Although we see the most of them during summer ...

Here’s how to tell what type of cockroaches are invading a home based on their looks and behavior. Able to spread disease and ...

Medical science advances when careful studies show that a new treatment is proven superior to existing treatments.

I have always been told that colonoscopies are necessary to prevent cancerous polyps from occurring. Is the risk of a ...

Dr. Roach: I am a 68-year-old woman who is in relatively good health. My primary exercise is walking my dogs anywhere from 2-5 miles per day. I have two Morton’s neuromas in my left foot, and I’ve ...

At age 76, I was diagnosed with sinus node dysfunction last year after several episodes of what I’d call being “spaced out” ...

With a statin, a reasonable guess would be a drop of about 20% of the absolute risk (19.4% in this case), meaning a drop to 15.5%. The relative risk reduction is 20%, but the absolute risk reduction ...