Cardiovascular disease remains a leading global cause of death, and we break down its pathology, risk factors, and the ...

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, doctors and philosophers have argued whether ageing is a disease or a natural process. Many authors of the Hippocratic Corpus argued that growing old invariably ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have identified a previously hidden toxic protein that may trigger Alzheimer’s disease ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers aging to be a natural process. This makes it difficult to get FDA approval for drugs that seek to slow or reverse the biological process of aging.

This is the first study to show that the molecular pathways involved in early CTE are different from those involved in late-stage disease. A better understanding of the early CTE disease process may ...

Echocardiograms reveal a rapid rise in LV hypertrophy from ages 17 to 24 years, bolstering the case for primordial prevention.

When Californian Lindsey Sutton was an infant, her blood was the color of cherry Pepto Bismol. Doctors quickly discovered it was highly saturated with fat. At 5 weeks old, she was diagnosed with a ...

Some medical labels come with clarity. Others come with confusion, frustration, and a lot of unanswered questions. Kirtly Jones, MD, explains why the term "syndrome" can feel unsettling for both ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in the 1950s, risk for heart disease has been ...

Parkinson’s disease affects over 10 million people globally, with incidence increasing after age 60. Dopamine-producing neuron loss leads to both motor and non-motor symptoms, including tremors, sleep ...