For most of her life, Genesis Jones’s daily routine revolved around her illness, the painful blood disorder known as sickle-cell disease. Each time she left the house, she ran through a mental ...

Reduced Risk of Serious Cardiovascular Disease After COVID Vaccination Sep. 30, 2024 — People who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have a significantly lower risk of developing more ...

Oct. 7, 2024 — Over the past decade, decreasing vaccination rates now threaten the huge beneficial impacts of vaccinations in the U.S. and globally. Researchers discuss the multifactorial ...

Inflammatory diseases include a vast array of disorders and conditions that are characterized by inflammation. Examples include allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, coeliac disease ...

Emerging infectious diseases are infections that have recently appeared within a population or those whose incidence or geographic range is rapidly increasing or threatens to increase in the near ...

Infectious diseases are disorders that are caused by organisms, usually microscopic in size, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites that are passed, directly or indirectly, from one person to ...

Over the next century, less than 2 million would survive this and other communicable diseases brought by European explorers. Smallpox reached Massachusetts in 1633, brought by settlers from France ...

FATMA AL-MASKARI, MBChB, PhD, LRCP & SI, FFPH is Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. Lifestyle diseases ...

Different types of disease may interact. This can mean that the presence of one disease can lead to a higher chance of developing another disease. Some risk factors have been proven to cause a ...

You asked. We answer. Here's an easy-to-read, illustrated guide to heart disease. Most heart attacks are the end result of coronary heart disease, a condition that clogs coronary arteries with ...

Parkinson's disease is an illness that affects the part of your brain that controls how you move your body. Some people with Parkinson’s first notice weakness, difficulty walking, and stiff muscles.

The devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the enormous harm that a lethal infectious disease can cause. When a contagious and dangerous illness spreads, damage is done ...