Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, is considered a disease of old age. But an unlikely group of 400,000 Americans are 'destined' to be diagnosed as young as 40, experts warn.

Europe risks ceding its leadership in rare disease innovation unless it urgently recalibrates its incentive framework, warns Enrico Piccinini, Senior Vice President EU & International at Chiesi.

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A new study reveals that long-term adaptive cycling can measurably reshape brain signals in people with Parkinson’s Disease, ...

University of Hawaii researchers have linked dolphin strandings this summer to a bacteria—and warn that it can potentially transfer from animals to humans. Three striped dolphins stranded on East Oahu ...

In recent years, doctors and scientists are increasingly studying long-lasting illnesses that begin after someone recovers ...

Helen Dennis is a nationally recognized leader on issues of aging and the new retirement with academic, corporate and ...

More than a decade ago, researchers found that an acute complication of type 1 diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), can be ...

Actor Bruce Willis battles with frontotemporal dementia. His wife discusses the disease's impact. Read on to know more.

LAS VEGAS -- The gunman who killed four people before taking his own life in a midtown Manhattan office building that houses the NFL's headquarters had for years sought medical help for frequent, ...

In a sweeping move to eliminate mercury exposure from vaccines, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert ...

When Nellie was diagnosed with a progressive brain disease at the age of two, Megan Gillett set out to make every moment an ...