The various treatments for “Viking disease” are coming under closer
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In MS, disintegrating brain lesions may indicate the disease is getting worse: New findings could alter how doctors predict whose disease will become more severe
For decades, clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) have interpreted the
Read moreWhy motor neurons die in patients with motor neuron disease
As the old adage goes, ‘two heads are better than
Read moreSpike in severe black lung disease among former US coal miners
The number of cases of progressive massive fibrosis, the most
Read moreFirst clues to the causes of multiple sclerosis: Researchers have identified a DNA-binding factor that plays a part in triggering this auto-immune disease with unknown causes
Multiple sclerosis, which affects 1 in 1,000 people, is frequently
Read moreGene variant may increase psychiatric risk after traumatic brain injury: Study based on 133 veterans of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
A variant of the APOE gene may be linked to
Read moreHeart failure: The Alzheimer’s disease of the heart? Protein clumping may contribute to heart failure development and could be used as a diagnostic tool for testing therapies or disease progression
Similar to how protein clumps build up in the brain
Read moreRisk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity: Childhood obesity is linked to a family history of obesity, cardiovascular and metabolic disease, with the most severely obese children showing insulin resistance
A family history of obesity, high blood pressure, high blood
Read moreMid-life chronic inflammation may be linked to frailty later
A study of nearly 6,000 Americans followed for 24 years
Read moreNo chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) did not cross the species barrier
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