Experts say the results of the studies may help medical researchers develop treatments especially designed for individual patients.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

At the same time, researchers continue working to help patients have a better quality of life.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

Doctors are hopeful that new treatments will help patients with multiple sclerosis in the future.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Doctors do not know exactly how the brain stimulation works to help patients with Parkinson's.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

Hamish Fraser of the U.S.-based non-profit group Partners in Health, says several studies have demonstrated how the technology can help patients.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Dr.Gerard Martin says the IMPACT registry for catheterization patients will help doctors to make decisions based on long-term evidence gathered from many hospitals.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

By the time some patients in the study sought help, their hearts were already damaged.

VOA: standard.2010.04.18

But William Hersh of the University of Oregon said it's important to ensure that new technologies actually help patients and the doctors and nurses who serve them.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

"We probably were able to help a distilled amount of about 1,000 people who were the worst of the worst patients, and we were able to make a difference in their lives."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26