Disease

TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB, Corporate headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, CEO: Christopher A.…

The pain from a heart attack is so bad that – if you can imagine – it can feel like an elephant sitting on you. Patients with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition affecting the red blood cells, report that this kind of pain begins…

CHICAGO, Sept. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beginning September 16th, Walgreens, a pharmacy and retail leader who plays a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services, including…

Diseases that run in families usually have genetic causes. Some are genetic mutations that directly cause the disease if inherited. Others are risk genes that affect the body in a way that increases the chance someone will develop the…

Joseph A. Murray, M.D., Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic: I come from Galway in the West of Ireland were celiac disease was very common when I was in medical school. We regarded it like…

By Paula Andalo and Stephanie O'Neill Patison Chagas, a Silent Killer California Healthline ethnic media editor Paula Andalo was interviewed on Aug. 29 on Radio Bilingüe’s “Línea Abierta” about Chagas disease, which is…

Researchers who previously developed the first 3D human cell culture models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) that displays two major hallmarks of the condition -- the generation of amyloid beta deposits followed by tau tangles -- have now used…

CHAPLE is an ultra-rare hereditary disease that can cause potentially life-threatening gastrointestinal and cardiovascular symptoms Approval represents 10th FDA-approved medicine invented by Regeneron With the approval of Veopoz,…

Younger people with liver disease are currently waiting months longer for transplants than patients aged over 60, a BBC investigation has found. There is a national shortage of liver donors and changes since 2018 to the algorithm that…

Identification of risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for early diagnosis. Dating back to the 1920s, Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism -- an umbrella term that refers to motor symptoms found in Parkinson's disease and…