In sickle cell disease, avascular necrosis (AVN ... The sickling process can also cause chronic anemia, blood vessel occlusion (vaso-occlusion), ischemia, oxidative stress, and organ damage. The ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his view that infectious diseases capture public attention at the expense of chronic conditions and chronic diseases. “Every kid who ...

“We have the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world,” Mr. Kennedy said at a hearing in January before the Senate confirmed him as the secretary of Health and Human Service ...

A woman with a rare disorder died before publishing research on her community. A woman with a different rare disorder ...

SINGAPORE, May 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Latest population studies have cast new light on genetic influences on women's reproductive lifespans and possible markers for the onset of chronic diseases.

A newly identified subtype of Castleman disease will help diagnose and properly treat thousands of patients who have been ...

The scientists showed that, right at the onset of mild illness, the body also produces special T cells previously known only from chronic ... altogether as the disease progresses.