The FDA’s proposed Rare Disease Evidence Principles review process is a starting point for getting rare disease therapies ...

Down syndrome is associated with accelerated aging. It is estimated that up to 90% of individuals with the condition develop Alzheimer's disease before the age of 70. A study by researchers at the ...

How can you help a young child understand Alzheimer’s disease? Just as Alzheimer's disease is unique in each affected individual, so is a child when it comes to discussions about the illness. What you ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday introduced the Rare Disease Evidence Principles (RDEP) to provide greater speed and predictability in the review of therapies intended to treat rare ...

For decades, medical understanding of Parkinson’s disease focused exclusively on the brain, specifically the death of dopamine-producing neurons that control movement. This narrow view shaped ...

Crohn’s disease. Ulcerative colitis. You may have heard these names during the commercial breaks of your favorite show. If so, you’ve heard of the most common forms of a group of medical conditions ...

Alzheimer’s disease may be inherited more often than previously known, according to a new study that paints a clearer picture of a gene long known to be linked to the common form of dementia. The ...

Beta-amyloid plaques are considered a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, but they’re not the sole cause of the disease and its symptoms. Alzheimer’s is a complicated disease that experts are still ...

Bacterial speck is a common disease that affects tomatoes and can result in lower yields for growers. A new study led by ...