Category: Disease

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ST. LOUIS – Researchers at Saint Louis University School of Medicine are enrolling volunteers in an investigational drug trial for hypogonadal men with chronic kidney disease.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at Kobe University and Hiroshima University have successfully developed a biomarker that will enable Parkinson’s disease to be rapidly and inexpensively diagnosed from blood serum samples.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – No one’s exactly sure what causes Bell’s palsy, a condition that involves sudden facial weakness on one side of the face.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has indicated a U.S. resident tested positive for monkeypox after returning to the U.S. from Canada.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Two nationally recognized experts in cloning and stem cell science from the University of Houston are taking the first step toward limiting the consequences of chronic inflammation in cystic fibrosis (CF)….

(HealthNewsDgest.com) – An international team led by a University of Toronto researcher has found that an antibody detectable in blood predicts severe Crohn’s disease and is detectable up to seven years prior to disease diagnosis.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES — Getting the COVID-19 vaccination strengthened one type of immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients even though they were taking immunosuppressant medication

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In studies with mouse and human tissue, as well as live mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a snag in the normal process of cleaning up broken DNA in brain cells may hasten the progression of Parkinson’s disease.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – COLUMBUS, Ohio – A family of proteins that have a role in ensuring many types of cells move and maintain their shape may promote disease when they act like workaholics and disrupt the cellular environment, new research suggests.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The phrase “you are what you eat” is commonly used in conversations about health and the connection between food and the body.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Ultra-powerful 7T MRI scanners could be used to help identify those patients with Parkinson’s disease and similar conditions most likely to benefit from new treatments for previously-untreatable symptoms

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The emergence of COVID-19 had doctors racing to define and treat the new disease, but they soon discovered it was not the only novel illness caused by SARS-CoV-2.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – People with lupus have overactive immune systems that attack their own tissue, causing inflammation throughout the body.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smartphone app that could allow people to screen for Alzheimer’s disease, ADHD and other neurological diseases and disorders—by recording closeups of their eye.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Most Americans of a certain age remember the misery of chickenpox when they were children. But many of us don’t know a lot about shingles, its nasty older cousin.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month, which make this a good time to learn about the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Rockville, Md. (April 26, 2022)—Prenatal stress can cause damage in the aorta in offspring, which may contribute to the development of atherosclerosis and accelerate aging

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Warmer weather brings more opportunities for picnics, barbecues and gatherings around food. But before you reach for a second helping, consider if what you’re eating may be increasing your risk for chronic disease.

(HealtNewsDigest.com) – BUFFALO, N.Y. – This spring, a group of Western New Yorkers with multiple sclerosis will begin helping University at Buffalo researchers break new ground in the study of this unpredictable, neurodegenerative disease that affects nearly 3 million people around the globe.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – UC San Diego Health is proud to announce the opening of a new, multi-disciplinary clinic for patients with gastrointestinal and digestive diseases