The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers aging to be a natural process. This makes it difficult to get FDA approval for drugs that seek to slow or reverse the biological process of aging.

This is the first study to show that the molecular pathways involved in early CTE are different from those involved in late-stage disease. A better understanding of the early CTE disease process may ...

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading global cause of death, and we break down its pathology, risk factors, and the ...

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When Californian Lindsey Sutton was an infant, her blood was the color of cherry Pepto Bismol. Doctors quickly discovered it was highly saturated with fat. At 5 weeks old, she was diagnosed with a ...

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, doctors and philosophers have argued whether ageing is a disease or a natural process. Many authors of the Hippocratic Corpus argued that growing old invariably ...

Some medical labels come with clarity. Others come with confusion, frustration, and a lot of unanswered questions. Kirtly Jones, MD, explains why the term "syndrome" can feel unsettling for both ...

The same process that causes dew drops to form on a blade of grass appears to play an important role in Alzheimer's disease and other brain diseases. The process, known as phase transition, is what ...

There are over 100 autoimmune conditions, including celiac disease, type 1 diabetes, and psoriasis. These occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks parts of the human body. This statistic comes ...