Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) is a neurodegenerative disease most people have never heard of, and it remains widely misunderstood —and for the hundreds of Canadians who live with it, the lack of ...

Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) describes a set of symptoms that affect the genitourinary tract, including vaginal dryness, painful intercourse, and urinary problems. Menopause is a ...

Celine Dion is "getting back into the swing of things" after being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome in 2022. However, the singer – who turns 57 on March 30 – first noticed symptoms in 2008 ...

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Federal regulators are clearing a first-of-its-kind treatment for symptoms of a rare neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by insatiable hunger. The Food and Drug Administration approved a ...

When mosquitoes fed on the blood of three people who were already taking nitisinone to treat a genetic disorder, the insects died within 12 hours. Nitisinone already has regulatory approval for ...

The FDA has approved Soleno Therapeutics’ Vykat XR (diazoxide choline) extended-release tablets to treat hyperphagia in individuals aged four years and older with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). The ...

One of Angelina Jolie's children has already flown the coop signaling the early stages of the inevitable empty nest syndrome all parents feel. On Monday the Oscar-winning beauty revealed to The ...

"Both sides are beautiful and you'd have to have very poor taste to not agree," a fan responded to an edited photo of Ice Spice and a woman with Down syndrome Jack Irvin has over five years of ...

But are these symptoms of a stressful life, or could they be tied to an underlying condition like autoimmune disease? Ana-Maria Orbai, M.D., M.H.S., is a rheumatologist at the Johns Hopkins Arthritis ...

The effects of genotoxic stress can be mediated by activation of the Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) kinase, under both DNA damage-dependent (including ionizing radiation), and independent ...