A new study conducted by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis researchers found that a single blood test could predict when someone is likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. The study ...

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Blood tests that detect a protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease could help predict the age at which the disease may strike people long before they develop symptoms, according to a new study. But ...

Back when he was 17 and in high school, Eric Sid fainted. In the emergency room, he was diagnosed with anemia, which can cause fainting spells, and for years he thought that was the end of the story.

Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues and ...

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Scientists have found a key brain network that’s disrupted by Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published today in Nature. The results change doctors’ understanding of what causes Parkinson’s ...

You might lose your sense of smell. Michael J. Fox developed early-onset Parkinson’s disease at age 29. Early PD symptoms include erectile dysfunction, acting out dreams, loss of smell, and dizziness.

A new imaging technology called fast-RSOM lets researchers see the smallest blood vessels in the body without invasive procedures. It can detect early dysfunction in these vessels — a quiet warning ...

Some people develop Alzheimer’s-related brain changes without experiencing symptoms of the disease, such as memory loss. We don’t know exactly why this occurs, but two recent studies are inching us ...

Many people think of a tremor as the quintessential warning sign of Parkinson’s disease. But other symptoms — many of them not involving changes in movement — can appear much earlier than what’s known ...

Peripheral artery disease affects approximately 236 million persons worldwide and is diagnosed with an ankle–brachial index of less than 0.90. Among older persons, 3.3% of those without peripheral ...