By Ed Edelson
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- The drugs that are widely used to treat restless legs syndrome do provide relief, but they are burdened by side effects and a gradual loss of effectiveness that causes many sufferers to stop taking them, a new analysis finds.

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy often suffer from heart failure, but Viagra might prevent or delay the onset of this condition, a new Canadian study finds.

MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- A new way of analyzing MRI data can detect a subtle but serious kind of brain injury and help determine how a patient may recover, say researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

By Amanda Gardner
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Contrary to prior studies, a new trial shows that daily use of two popular pain-relieving drugs, Celebrex and naproxen, does not prevent cognitive decline in people with a family history of Alzheimer's disease.

MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- A few millimeters can make a huge difference for Parkinson's patients treated with electrodes surgically implanted in the brain, a new study finds.

MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels not only are bad for your heart, they may also harm your eyesight, a new report suggests.

By Carolyn Colwell
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Daily doses of statins and blood pressure medications will not be enough to prevent heart disease among the ever-growing number of Baby Boomers who are overweight or obese, a new study suggests.

By Ed Edelson
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term exposure to the tiny, dirty particles in polluted air seems to increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis, which are blood clots in the thighs or legs, an Italian study finds.

By Serena Gordon
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Only about 5 percent of people with multiple sclerosis are diagnosed when they're children, but like adults with MS, the disease can affect cognitive function, causing memory and attention problems, and possibly low IQ scores.

A preservative containing mercury and once widely used in childhood vaccines becomes the topic of a U.S. lawsuit this coming week as two Oregon families seek to prove that the substance caused two 10-year-old boys to develop autism.