Lupus is more common in Black people, and symptoms can be different too. Here's what to look out for and how to treat it.

At most well-child visits, parents expect to hear about height and weight. But another important number is quietly becoming ...

MINDY BASARA IN TODAY’S MEDICAL ALERT, METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY IS ONE OF MANY RARE GENETIC DISEASES. IT’S FATAL. HOWEVER, THERE IS A NEW TREATMENT FOR IT IF DETECTED EARLY THROUGH A BLOOD TEST AT ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Children’s Health System of Texas and a Dallas area doctor face a lawsuit from the Texas Attorney General’s Office (OAG) that accuses them of alleged Medicaid fraud and violations of ...

A simple blood test might one day serve as a molecular ‘clock’ that predicts not only whether someone will develop Alzheimer’s disease — but when. Blood tests are now approved for Alzheimer’s: how ...

A new light-based sensor can spot incredibly tiny amounts of cancer biomarkers in blood, raising the possibility of earlier and simpler cancer detection. The technology merges DNA nanotechnology, ...

Each night, Louis-Hunter Kean spiked a fever as high as 104.5. He would sweat through bedsheets and shiver uncontrollably. By morning, his fever would ease but his body still ached; even his jaw hurt.

Each night, Louis-Hunter Kean spiked a fever as high as 104.5. He would sweat through bedsheets and shiver uncontrollably. By morning, his fever would ease but his body still ached; even his jaw hurt.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 72-year-old male in good health, and I have routinely donated blood five to six times a year. I am not on any prescription medications. I have not seen a definitive study as to ...

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