The Ladders to Cures Accelerator aims to develop treatments for multiple rare diseases through shared biological mechanisms.

Haematological diseases are pathological conditions primarily affecting the blood or blood-producing organs. This group of disorders includes, but is not limited to, various types of anaemia, blood ...

A large study has found that higher ultra-processed food (UPF) intake was linked to a greater risk of multiple diseases, ...

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and the Technical University of Dresden have tested a new ...

Autoimmune liver diseases (AILDs), including autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing ...

All stages of the fossil-fuel life cycle are a threat to human health, yet global overdependence on fossil fuel continues unabated, despite ambitious international agreements to lower greenhouse-gas ...

It seems like everyone I talk to has a diagnosis of some new autoimmune condition. What is going on? Your observation is accurate. Autoimmune diseases are rising worldwide, and it’s not purely ...

Imagine waking up already feeling drained, as if you never slept at all. Or noticing that your hands feel inexplicably stiff and swollen, making simple tasks like opening a jar or even typing feel ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) causes symptoms similar to those of several other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and fibromyalgia. For this reason, PMR is sometimes hard to diagnose.

The United Nations has held only two meetings of heads of state on a health-related issue. The first, in 2001, was on human immunodeficiency virus infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Researchers found that getting more REM sleep—the stage when dreaming occurs—was associated with a lower risk of 83 diseases.

Skin diseases are pathologic conditions that affect the body's surfaces (also called the integument), including skin, hair, nails and associated glands. They can involve all layers of the skin and ...