Two people in Oregon have died from a rare, progressive brain disorder similar to "mad cow disease" that leads to dementia and is %100 fatal. The Hood River County Health Department confirmed the ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made some claims about Americans with chronic diseases that should be challenged with critical thinking. (Alex Wong/Getty Images ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. It starts with the ticks. These bugs infect people with the bacteria that cause ...

Alzheimer’s disease is commonly thought of as an older person’s illness. But new research from Columbia University and the University of North Carolina reveals early signs of Alzheimer’s ...

June 10, 2024 — Scientists have grown 'mini-guts' in the lab to help understand Crohn's disease, showing that 'switches' that modify DNA in gut cells play an important role in the disease ...

But when your dad lost control of his body because of a rare neurodegenerative disease, and died a month after diagnosis, your body forgets. Needs reminding. Even almost three years later.

A new study is challenging a decades-old standard for diagnosing a heart disease that often goes unnoticed until it's too late. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) affects about one in every 500 people.

An international research group led by scientists from the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT/UCC) in Dresden has now succeeded for the first time in a phase 1 clinical trial in testing a ...

Nikhil Jayswal, diagnosed with Crohn's disease at 20, faced colectomy and later, cancer. Battling severe health issues and societal stigma, he founded IBD India in 2021. The non-profit offers ...

As the Texas measles outbreak spirals to become the biggest since it was declared eradicated two decades ago, a second killer disease is now on the rise. The US has recorded 8,472 cases of ...

State-level variations in susceptibility and pathogen transmissibility significantly influence disease outcomes. Maintaining high vaccination rates is crucial to prevent the resurgence of vaccine ...

Mortality is high in untreated Menkes disease, with many patients dying before the age of three years old. There is currently no complete cure for the disorder, but patients who are treated with ...