Cell death is a fundamental physiological process that all organisms undergo and is crucial for organ maintenance, autoimmunity, and embryonic development. Some of the different types of programmed ...

Lung disease is a general term for several disorders that include airway diseases, lung tissue diseases, and lung circulation diseases, some of which may lead to respiratory failure. During the course ...

From type 1 to gestational diabetes, each type affects your body differently. Knowing which form you have is important for proper treatment.

Over 60% of human infectious diseases come from animals. Learn what zoonotic diseases are, how they are transmitted, and why ...

It is known that depression is linked to increased incidence of metabolic diseases; now scientists have discovered that different types of depression are linked to different cardiometabolic diseases.

There are many different types of dementia, and how it manifests depends on which part of the brain is damaged. Here’s what we do and don’t know. Cognitive decline can stem from many causes, which ...

People are most susceptible to tick-borne infections during the summer, when they spend time outdoors. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease, but other tick-borne diseases are on the rise ...

In this video, Ahmad Anouti, MD, a pediatric resident at UT Southwestern Medical Center, discusses the importance of being ...

Scientists have mapped underappreciated scaffolding cells in skin, known as fibroblasts. They show for the first time how fibroblasts go 'rogue' in many different diseases affecting multiple organs – ...

When a person's blood vessels don't work properly, they may be diagnosed with vascular disease. Mercy Medical Center vascular surgeon Dr. Javaneh Jabbari said different types of the condition can ...