Discomfort in the lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract can affect a person's well-being, and it is very common: For instance, about 10% to 15% of Americans suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a ...

Type 2 diabetes also puts you at risk for certain health conditions that can reduce life expectancy. Type 2 diabetes typically shows up later in life, although the incidence in younger people is ...

When my son was born with Down syndrome, I learned quickly that the smallest details of medical care can have an extensive effect on the quality of life. Clinicians who understood Down syndrome ...

The hockey world received devastating news on April 8 as Chaz Lucius, a hockey prospect for the Manitoba Moose — the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Winnipeg Jets — announced his retirement at age 21 due ...

Background: Long QT syndrome type 2 (LQT2) is an arrythmia caused by loss-of-function mutations in KCNH2, leading to impaired Kv11.1 channel function. Objective: To better understand LQT2, we examined ...

I blurted out. My voice mirrored my grandmother’s. I don’t remember if the child was experiencing a specific ailment commonly coupled with his Down syndrome, such as leukemia or a structural heart or ...

In the first comprehensive, cell-by-cell analysis of brain tissue from individuals with Tourette syndrome, researchers have pinpointed exactly which cells are perturbed and how they malfunction ...

My voice mirrored my grandmother’s. I don’t remember if the child was experiencing a specific ailment commonly coupled with his Down syndrome, such as leukemia or a structural heart or ...

It’s what is known in slang terms as Death Grip Syndrome (DGS), though there’s actually no official medical name for the condition. Some credit sex columnist Dan Savage with coining the term ...

Our studies gradually expanded and eventually included 100 individuals with what had by then become more commonly known as 22q11 deletion syndrome. Today, following further refinement of genetic ...