UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is exploring everything radiation treatment can treat, and the success has been life-changing for people.

Deaths from both causes are down, but they still eclipse all other causes, according to new statistics. By Nina Agrawal Despite gains in treatment, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of ...

'Defying Rare Disease' premieres Thursday at 7 p.m. ET CNBC Cures aims to help raise awareness of rare diseases and improve patient outcomes for people living with them. Led by "Squawk Box" anchor ...

Imagine waking up already feeling drained, as if you never slept at all. Or noticing that your hands feel inexplicably stiff and swollen, making simple tasks like opening a jar or even typing feel ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here. The “Shaking Palsy.” Those ...

University of Calgary provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Calgary provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. In 2018, the World Health ...

Health officials in the mid-Atlantic region have recently reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD. What is hand, foot and mouth disease, and what causes it? How is it spread? What are ...

Misdiagnosis or underdiagnosis of rare diseases in patients with diagnoses of common diseases can lead to delayed or inappropriate treatments, thereby complicating the management of both rare and ...

Doctors categorize Alzheimer’s according to when it develops and which areas of your brain are affected. Researchers are also discovering different cellular patterns that may eventually be used to ...

“Kissing bug” disease, also known as Chagas disease, is now considered an endemic illness in the United States, according to research in an infectious-disease journal published by the Centers for ...

Chagas disease, aka “kissing bug” disease is now endemic in the US. The disease has been detected as far north as Pennsylvania. Chagas disease can be deadly if it’s left untreated. A deadly “kissing ...

Authors of a new study have called for the parasitic infection, Chagas disease, to be classified as endemic—with human cases reported in eight states. The study featured in the September edition of ...