Scientists at La Trobe University have discovered a previously unknown way viruses could spread around the body, potentially ...
With early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease comes the possibility of treatment to not only help manage symptoms but also slow progression to a more advanced stage. Your doctor may prescribe a type of ...
How can you help a young child understand Alzheimer’s disease? Just as Alzheimer's disease is unique in each affected individual, so is a child when it comes to discussions about the illness. What you ...
Less than a month after researchers unveiled that a “ticking DNA clock” is behind Huntington’s disease (HD), scientists have now identified an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) that can slow down the ...
We have entered a new era of improved and emerging biologically-based diagnostic biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-related neurodegenerative disorders (ADRD) that are rapidly impacting ...
Crohn’s disease. Ulcerative colitis. You may have heard these names during the commercial breaks of your favorite show. If so, you’ve heard of the most common forms of a group of medical conditions ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday introduced the Rare Disease Evidence Principles (RDEP) to provide greater speed and predictability in the review of therapies intended to treat rare ...
Zoë Watkins took time between graduating high school and starting college to care for her grandmother, Melease, as she sank into the late stages of Alzheimer's disease. Though she became the primary ...
Stand at attention for an off-kilter sign of this particular kind of dementia. Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which gradually destroys memory, thinking skills, and the ...
The story of a once mysterious and until-recently fatal feline disease called feline infectious peritonitis has enough twists and tuns to be a Netflix movie. A treatment for the now-treatable ...
Ecosystem restoration projects aim to restore biodiversity and associated compromised ecosystem services. Evidence is ...