Penile shortening and erectile dysfunction are common problems after radical pelvic surgery for prostate, bladder, or rectal cancer. A new review ...

Liver fibrosis may be diagnosed and staged — no fibrosis (stage F0), mild fibrosis (F1), significant fibrosis (F2), advanced fibrosis (F3), and cirrhosis (F4) — with the use of clinical parameters and ...

Obesity is a well-established risk factor for erectile dysfunction (ED); however, the long-term vascular consequences of early-life obesity on corpus cavernosum (CC) and pudendal artery (PA) function ...

Recently these monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages, or Mo-AMs, were identified as key drivers of lung fibrosis disease progression. However, the mechanisms of their pro-fibrotic behavior and ...

Panelists discuss how progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), though distinct in etiology, share a common trajectory of irreversible lung scarring and functional ...

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects roughly 40,000 Americans. The condition is caused by a mutation in the patient's cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, ...

Protein clustering mechanism on the cell membrane presents a new therapeutic target for cystic fibrosis. A new study from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) reveals the process underlying ...

Atypical cystic fibrosis is a mild form of cystic fibrosis. People with this type of cystic fibrosis can experience symptoms that come and go or that are less severe than those people with classic ...

Researchers are developing a new therapeutic approach that uses nanoparticles for the treatment of skin and lung fibrosis, conditions that can result in severe damage to the body's tissues.

Universal screenings for the inherited disease promised to get babies diagnosed and treated sooner. But they still miss some children of color. By Liz Szabo By the time Rena Barrow-Wells gave birth to ...

Fibrosis and cirrhosis both happen because of liver damage due to factors such as excessive alcohol use, viral hepatitis, and obesity. Fibrosis is scarring of the liver. Scarring that is severe and ...

Cystic fibrosis mucus can cause blockages and increased risk of infections. Cystic fibrosis treatments focus on reducing and clearing the mucus. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition that causes ...