The Latest Breaking News from Disease

A new study suggests that even low levels of physical activity could protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease – but not in the way scientists expected.

It’s no secret that alcohol can take a toll on your health, but some drinks are much worse than others. If you’re trying to make smarter choices, it helps to know which types of alcohol can be especially harmful. The wrong drinks can wreck your energy, raise your risk for…

Ruth Wilson doesn’t look sick yet “everywhere hurts all the time” – because her immune system is attacking her own body.

Lupus is one of a rogues’ gallery of autoimmune diseases that affect as many as 50 million Americans

For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan, along with her husband Mark Zuckerberg, have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal — “to cure, prevent or manage all disease” — if not in their lifetime, then in their children’s

Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. There are over 6 million people living with dementia in the U.S. and 57 million globally.

Learn how your gut microbiome influences digestion, immunity, and overall health, plus ways to maintain a balanced gut through diet and lifestyle.

You may have heard that vaping is the “safer” choice than smoking. But what if the very thing designed to protect your health also puts your heart at risk?

Novo Nordisk A/S (NASDAQ:NVO) reported third-quarter financial results on Wednesday. The transcript from the company’s third-quarter earnings call has been provided below. NVO is having a challenging session. See if it is worth your attention here. This transcript is brought to you by Benzinga APIs. For real-time access to our entire…

A single outbreak of the disease could lead to as many as 10,000 Christmas lunches ‘disappearing’, a farmer has warned

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.