Jace Eon Ilias, 32, an American citizen with terminal Huntington’s disease, had to be carried from his care-home bed in ...

For more than three decades, amyloid has been the organizing principle of Alzheimer’s disease research. The sticky protein ...

Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide had mental disorders in 2023, reflecting a 95.5% increase since 1990, a new study has found. The largest increases were in anxiety and depression, which were also ...

Distinct psychiatric disorders have more in common biologically than previously believed, according to the largest and most detailed analysis to date of how genes influence mental illness. The study, ...

A sudden sensation of numbness? The nagging headache that just won’t quit? That weird weakness in your leg? They’re all symptoms of neurological disorders — a family of conditions that affects more ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common monogenic disorder, including a group of autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathies characterized by hemoglobin polymerization and sickling of red blood cells ...

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., despite major advances in treatment and prevention. While deaths from heart attacks have declined, other heart-related conditions ...

Fueled by ongoing increases in high blood pressure, obesity and other major risk factors, heart disease continues to kill more people in the U.S. than any other cause, according to the American Heart ...

Where mood disorders can cause temporary or fluctuating changes in mood, personality disorders cause symptoms that remain consistent over time and across a range of situations. For example, bipolar ...

Understanding the differences and similarities between neurological disorders and neurodegenerative diseases can be important when offering or accessing healthcare. It is also important for scientific ...

Stress disorders include acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety. They originate from major stress or traumatic events. Stress is a natural response to life’s ...

In this video, TechTarget editor Tommy Everson talks about cybersecurity, how it works and what it protects against. As the experts say, it's not if you experience a cyberattack, but when.