Though Parkinson's disease can't be definitively diagnosed until certain motor symptoms are present, some early warning signs are now well-understood to be connected to Parkinson's disease. These ...

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Tangy, juicy, fragrant, with a versatile flavor all its own, the grapefruit originated on the island of Barbados, and is a cross between a sweet orange and a large citrus fruit called a pomelo. Here ...

Chronic kidney disease, sometimes called CKD, is an umbrella term for several conditions that affect the kidneys, but it generally means permanent — and usually progressive — damage to the kidneys ...

Whiplash is an injury caused by the neck bending forcibly forward and then backward, or vice versa. The injury usually involves the muscles, discs, nerves, and tendons in the neck.

Diverticular disease is an infection in the tiny pouches that some people get in their colon. The pouches are called diverticula. These pouches bulge out through weak spots in your colon. The pouches ...

HopkinsMedcine scientists say the protein intersectin advances scientific understanding of a key process in how our brains ...

Despite its name, a sports hernia is not actually a hernia. The condition’s true name is athletic pubalgia.