German researchers presented a report at the American Heart Association 2008 Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Conference on July 30 giving the results of their study of 19 people who had aortic ... Read More

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder, meaning it affects the brain and nerves. Parkinson's disease is relatively common--affecting about 1.5 million people in the U.S.--so many of us have a ... Read More

Olympic swimmer Dara Torres is headed for Singapore and a USA Swimming training camp, before traveling to Beijing and the celebration of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her coach, Michael Lohberg, ... Read More

The Barth Syndrome 4th International Scientific, Medical and Family Conference, On Track Toward a Cure, is being held July July 21-26, 2008, in Clearwater, Florida. The Barth Syndrome Foundation, sponsors ... Read More

Lymphangiomatosis is a disease in which many tumors (lymphangiomas) or cysts grow in the lymph system of the body. Although these tumors are not cancerous, they invade the body tissues ... Read More

On July 8, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is notifying the makers of fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs of the need to add a boxed warning to ... Read More

In the 1970s, the world learned the story of David Vetter, a boy born with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). David lived all of his 12 years of life inside a ... Read More

Researchers participating in the British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study looked at the medical history of 1,441 adults who had Wilm's tumor, a type of kidney cancer, when they were children. ... Read More

Hirschsprung's disease is a birth defect in which part of the large intestine lacks nerve cells. Without nerve cells, the muscles in that part of the intestine can't work properly. ... Read More

Girls and young women with Turner syndrome, a genetic disorder in girls caused by a missing or defective X (female) chromosome, are at increased risk of enlargement of the aorta ... Read More