Other risk factors for kidney disease include chronic infections, autoimmune disorders, and certain genetic variants. The new ...

COVID triples the risk of a heart attack, researchers say, while flu quadruples the risk. Shingles, HIV, and hepatitis C ...

Viral infections trigger inflammation that raises heart disease risk, study finds. Vaccination against COVID, flu and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Having a chronic respiratory infection in addition to bronchiectasis heightened the risk for an exacerbation and ...

The most common disease trajectories involved mental illnesses and neurologic, respiratory, and metabolic or digestive ...

Researchers at the Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute have identified a previously unknown type of immune system memory B cell (MBC) that can cause poor antibody responses in chronic ...

Whole genome sequencing reveals frequent strain acquisition and adaptive evolution of Mycobacterium avium during chronic ...

(Reuters) -High-energy sound waves can stimulate healing in patients with diabetes whose chronic foot wounds don't respond to ...

In the weeks following a bout of influenza or COVID, the risk of heart attack or stroke may rise dramatically, and chronic infections such as HIV may increase the long-term risk of serious ...

Arizona State University and Banner Alzheimer's Institute researchers, along with their collaborators, have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and ...

HS (hidradenitis suppurativa) affects thousands – often silently – but it can cause long-term pain, scarring and distress.

A review of 155 scientific studies found influenza and COVID infections raised the risk of heart attack or stroke as much as ...