What exactly does it mean when physicians say "long COVID," and what process do they go through when it comes to defining ...

It’s a brain disease,” a prominent obesity doctor explained on a “60 Minutes” episode about the drugs. “Obesity is disease” ...

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological condition. It involves the death of brain cells, especially those that make the signalling molecule dopamine. It is named after the English ...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, in which people become forgetful and confused, usually starting in older age. People with Alzheimer’s have a build-up of two kinds of ...

Sometimes prophylaxis involves surgery. For example, a woman at high risk of breast cancer may elect to have a mastectomy. In ...

TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Using a new classification of steatotic liver disease (SLD) based on the presence ...

“While rare diseases by definition have small patient populations, together, they afflict hundreds of millions of people — meaning very large numbers of people across the world have no drug designed ...

Some researchers argue that the roles of social environment and personal choice have to be considered in order to make progress in treating people addicted to drugs.

Drs Kathy D. Miller and Heather A. Parsons explore the complexities and evolving strategies in managing HER2+ oligometastatic ...

A new biomarker makes it easier to distinguish between Alzheimer's and primary tauopathy.

Health insurance is a type of contract in which a company agrees to pay some of a consumer's medical expenses in return for ...

Ebola virus disease kills more than half of people infected. Since the disease is transmitted via close human contact, ...