Browsing: Conditions

A 75-year-old Atlanta woman says hidden apartment mold is worsening her severe medical conditions while she waits for a housing transfer. Yvonne White, 75, is convinced her apartment at Ashley West End on Lee Street is making her sick. White is a cancer survivor who lives with congestive heart failure, lung disease, and kidney disease. She…

An international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has identified interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor blockers as a promising option for preventing relapses in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD). MOGAD is a rare autoimmune neurological disorder that can cause vision loss, paralysis and other serious neurological complications

A new study from the laboratory of Gemma Carvill, PhD, associate professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology’s Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, has uncovered variants in noncoding regulatory regions of the genome that contribute to the development of neurodevelopmental disorders

On this West Virginia Morning, federal health researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have a new report about black lung disease among the most experienced coal miners in Appalachia. They are suffering from the incurable disease at the highest rates in nearly half a century. For the Appalachia + Mid-South…

SUFFOLK COUNTY (WABC) –As Lyme disease cases continue to rise, a new home test designed to detect Lyme disease-causing bacteria in ticks is set to reach consumers later this month in Suffolk County

Open-heart surgery has long been the standard treatment for severe aortic stenosis, a condition in which the heart’s aortic valve narrows and restricts blood flow

UC Davis Medical Center has become the first hospital in the United States to treat a patient with symptomatic functional mitral regurgitation using a new minimally invasive therapy as part of a clinical trial

Several large studies have shown overlaps between ocular discomfort and chronic pain conditions (CPCs) due to central sensitization, altered nociceptive modulation, and high rates of non-pain CNS-mediated symptoms including mood and sleep. Chronic pain conditions are strongly associated with dry eye disease and eye care professionals should consider the diagnosis as a risk factor for the…

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) projects for rare disease diagnosis typically yield a diagnostic rate of 25–41%, depending on the methods for patient selection and the extent of prior genetic testing. The Scottish Genomes Partnership (SGP) is a collaborative programme using genome sequencing to diagnose rare disease patients with presumed monogenic aetiology in the Scottish NHS. Within…

If you have been dragging yourself through the day, struggling to climb a flight of stairs or watching people around you keep pace with life while you feel like you are running on empty, there may be a medical reason you are overlooking. The answer might not be more sleep, more coffee or more willpower; it could be anemia,…