The degeneration of photoreceptors in the eye is a significant cause of declining vision that can eventually lead to...

Parkinson's disease is characterized by deposits of a protein known as alpha-synuclein (aSyn) in the nervous system....

A team of scientists from the University of Pittsburgh in collaboration with researchers in Italy described shared...

Dementia and hearing loss are common conditions among older adults. The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention,...

A normal menstrual cycle involves multiple phases which are regulated by the endocrine system and influenced by levels...

Compared with standard care that included low dose corticosteroid use, treating hypoxic COVID-19 patients needing only...

Ionising radiation is a known human carcinogen and breast tissue is highly radiation sensitive. As such, there are...

More than one million people a year are killed by hepatitis B or hepatitis C. 650,000 people die from HIV-related causes...

Antifibrinolytic medication includes tranexamic acid. It functions by preventing the dissolution of blood clots, which...

The possible impact of the sex of a blood donor on recipient survival has been an unanswered question in transfusion...

More than 10% of older adults develop somatic (non-inherited) mutations in blood stem cells that can trigger explosive,...

Statins are a class of medicines routinely prescribed to lower cholesterol and are known to prevent cardiovascular...