Over 40% are overweight or obese. One in nine people over the age of 65 has Alzheimer’s disease, the development of which ...

The muscle cells lining an artery resemble a stained glass window in this image, the winner of the British Heart Foundation’s ...

A new study that aims to understand the genetics of Parkinson’s has been held up by the need for 7000 Australians without a ...

Tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease responsible for the most deaths worldwide, according to a Tuesday ...

A new study from South Korea has revealed that heavy smokers may take up to 25 years after quitting for their cardiovascular ...

Scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who worked with the Colorado Department of Public Health and ...

Eponyms — diseases named after a person — can cause serious confusion. That is particularly true in one rare disease ...

"We showed people with Alzheimer's disease have more gut inflammation," University of Wisconsin psychologist Barbara Bendlin ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), often referred to as "zombie deer disease," has been steadily spreading through deer ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — An upcoming document will entirely reframe obesity as a “condition of excess adiposity” that constitutes a disease called “clinical obesity” when related tissue and organ ...

In a major discovery, scientists have presented the first evidence of Alzheimer's disease transmission in living individuals. A recent paper published in Nature Medicine sheds light on a remarkable ...

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals has begun laying the groundwork for its entry into a rare disease market, kicking off an awareness ...