Comcast announced today it will award grant packages to 100 small businesses in Nashville and surrounding areas as part of its Representation, Investment, Strength and Empowerment (RISE) program. This ...

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The Hood River County Health Department confirmed April 14 that two people have died from a mad cow-like illness called ...

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 ...

Brought into the limelight by actor Michael J. Fox, Parkinson's disease affects the body's ability to control movement. The most prominent signs of Parkinson's disease result from damage to brain ...

All people confirmed by NSW Health to have contracted the disease were in Sydney’s CBD and neighbouring suburbs between March 13 and April 5. The Mayo Clinic classifies Legionnaires’ disease ...

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 ...

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 ...