People with diseases caused by rare mutations have fewer options and poorer prospects than other patients despite rapid ...

Of all participants, 25% had metabolic syndrome. Over an average follow-up period of eight years, 8,921 people, or 0.45% of all participants, developed dementia. For those with metabolic syndrome ...

One of the world’s largest footwear companies is developing a shoe specifically tailored to the needs of people with Down syndrome. Adidas said it is working with Chris Nikic, who is known as the ...

Martin Mwita, 20, is the first patient in St. Louis and among the first across the country to receive a new gene therapy for ...

While most dementia is diagnosed in older age, young-onset dementia occurs while a person is still working and perhaps raising a family. Our study found having metabolic syndrome in middle age is ...

A newly identified subtype of Castleman disease will help diagnose and properly treat thousands of patients who have been ...

High levels of salt in a person’s diet can raise their risk of high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and kidney disease. Salt substitutes may help lower a person’s risk of ...

Kennedy Jr. is using private medical records to create a registry of people with autism in the United ... The department’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a study to ...

A team of infectious disease specialists and environmental engineers ... droplets expelled through the nose and mouth of infected people as they breathe. These droplets are small enough to hang ...

Dupree told PEOPLE she hoped it would help her educate even more people about the reality of Tourette syndrome, including the fact that Tourette manifests differently in every case. Her specific ...

The discovery broadens the known spectrum of this rare disorder, emphasizing the critical role of collaboration with patient ...